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ea0037ep1345 | Clinical Cases–Thyroid/Other | ECE2015

Oncogenic osteomalacia misdiagnosed as ankylosing spondylitis

Tanrikulu Seher , Ince Burak , Gul Nurdan , Kuvat Samet Vasfi , Uzum Ayse Kubat , Aral Ferihan , Tanakol Refik

Oncogenic osteomalacia is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome, which can be associated with phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor or non-mesenchymal tumour. This tumour produces fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) that leads to subsequent hypophosphataemic osteomalacia. We, hereby present a patient with oncogenic osteomalasia who is misdiagnosed as ankylosing spondylitis. A 54-year old man with weakness, severe arthralgia involving pelvis, hip joints and lower extremities referred to the...