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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Palot Manzil, Fathima Fijula
• Bhambhvani, Pradeep G
• O'Malley, Janis P

Titel

Evaluation of tumor-induced osteomalacia with 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy

Ist Teil von

• Journal of nuclear medicine technology, 2013-12, Vol.41 (4), p.299-301

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In cases of nonhereditary osteomalacia associated with hypophosphatemia and inadequate response to vitamin D supplementation, one should consider the possibility of tumor-induced osteomalacia, a paraneoplastic syndrome caused by small mesenchymal tumors often found in obscure locations. We present a case of tumor-induced osteomalacia in which (111)In-pentetreotide scintigraphy aided in accurate localization of the culprit brachial plexus tumor and cure after resection.