| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2009 | Volume
: 5
| Issue : 3 | Page : 210-212 |
Oncogenous osteomalacia
Soumitra Ghosh1, Ramanuj Sinha2, Ranjana Bandyopadhyay3, Mainak Malhotra1
1 Department of Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Otolaryngology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3 Department of Pathology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Ranjana Bandyopadhyay
1B/3, Uttarpara Housing Estate, PO Bhadrakali, Dist. Hooghly, West Bengal - 712 232
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.57130 PMID: 19841566
Oncogenous osteomalacia is a rare paraneoplastic renal phosphaturic condition, often associated with highly vascular benign mesenchymal tumors. We report a case of a 48-year-old male who presented with debilitating osteomalacia unresponsive to standard therapy. Two years later, sinonasal hemangiopericytoma was diagnosed; the patient underwent complete surgical excision with rapid symptomatic improvement.
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