ea0029p166 | Bone & Osteoporosis | ICEECE2012
Kender Z.
, Polony1 G.
, Godeny M.
, Lerant G.
, Szekely E.
, Igaz P.
, Racz K.
, Toth M.
Oncogenic osteomalacia (tumor induced osteomalacia-TIO) is a rare disease that can lead to severe physical handicap and pains. Its pathogenesis involves the secretion of fibroblast growth factor-23 inducing urinary phosphate loss and consequent hypophosphataemia. We report a case of a TIO caused by a tumor in the nasal cavity. In 2010, a 61-years-old woman was examined because of muscle weakness and arthralgia in the extremities. Her symptomes started ~3 years before her prese...