Abstract
An 11-year-old boy presented with a femur fracture, bone hypomineralization, and hypophosphatemia, suggesting tumor-induced rickets. Conventional radiologic techniques including magnetic resonance skeletal survey did not identify a tumor. Magnetic resonance gradient echo recall imaging demonstrated a 3-cm iliac tumor, the resection of which rapidly reversed metabolic abnormalities. This technique may be useful in identifying elusive tumors associated with tumor-induced rickets.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Bone Neoplasms / complications
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Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
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Bone Neoplasms / metabolism
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Bone Neoplasms / surgery
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Child
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Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
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Fibroblast Growth Factors / analysis*
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Fibroblast Growth Factors / blood
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Hemangiopericytoma / complications
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Hemangiopericytoma / diagnosis*
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Hemangiopericytoma / metabolism
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Hemangiopericytoma / surgery
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Humans
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Ilium*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
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Male
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Rickets / etiology
Substances
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Fibroblast Growth Factors
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Fibroblast Growth Factor-23