Oncogenic osteomalacia caused by a phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor of the thoracic spine

J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Apr;10(4):329-33. doi: 10.3171/2009.1.SPINE08351.

Abstract

Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors that cause the paraneoplastic syndrome known as oncogenic osteomalacia are rare. The authors report on the case of a 57-year-old man with a history of osteomalacia and in whom was diagnosed a thoracic spine tumor at the T-4 level. Complete tumor resection was accomplished. The histological diagnosis was phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor (mixed connective tissue variant). After lesion removal, the paraneoplastic syndrome resolved. At the 24-month follow-up, no recurrence of the disease was observed. The clinical presentation, surgical technique, and follow-up in this case were reviewed in detail.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Hypophosphatemia, Familial / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mesenchymoma / complications*
  • Mesenchymoma / pathology
  • Mesenchymoma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteomalacia / etiology*
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spinal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery