Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Tumor-induced osteomalacia is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome in which fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) hyperproduction by tumor causes renal phosphate wasting, severe hypophosphatemia and osteomalacia. Localization of the tumor can be a major diagnostic challenge.Material and methods: We present a clinical case concerning a 62-year old woman previously diagnosed with hypophosphatemic osteomalacia, with a slight improvement of clinical and ...