Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in a patient with X-Linked hypophosphatemia: A case of Occam's razor or Hickam's dictum?

Farhan Chowdry; Kelsey M Miller; Ersan Altun; Sara E Wobker; Gary S Gottesman; Hikmat Al-Ahmadie; Tracy L Rose; Eric M Wallen; Matthew I Milowsky

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2024.102710

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in a patient with X-Linked hypophosphatemia: A case of Occam's razor or Hickam's dictum?

Urol Case Rep. 2024 Mar 13:54:102710. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2024.102710. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Farhan Chowdry¹, Kelsey M Miller², Ersan Altun^{1

3

4}, Sara E Wobker^{1

2

5

4}, Gary S Gottesman⁶, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie⁷, Tracy L Rose^{1

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8

4}, Eric M Wallen⁴, Matthew I Milowsky^{1

5

8

4}

Affiliations

¹ University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Urology, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁵ UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁶ Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁷ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁸ Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Abstract

We present the case of a patient with X-Linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH) and an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the bladder which prompted further investigation into the possible relationship between XLH and IMT i.e. a case of Occam's Razor or Hickam's Dictum?

Keywords: Hickam's dictum; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Occam's razor; X-linked hypophosphatemia.

Publication types

Case Reports