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  • Title: Tumor-induced osteomalacia: pre- and postoperative biochemical findings.
    Author: Leicht E, Biro G, Langer HJ.
    Journal: Horm Metab Res; 1990 Dec; 22(12):640-3. PubMed ID: 1963876.
    Abstract:
    A patient with late-onset hypophosphatemic osteomalacia was treated with oral supplements of phosphate (1.5 g/day) and calcitriol (1.5-3.0 micrograms/day) for 17 months, before a slowly growing tumor in the first metatarsal space became evident. Before treatment concentrations of inorganic phosphate (Pi) and calcitriol in serum and tubular reabsorption of phosphate (TRP) were very low, calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in serum were normal, urinary cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) was strongly elevated. During the first weeks of conservative treatment urinary cAMP returned to normal; concomitantly there was a transient slight fall in PTH. Serum calcium was in the low normal range and did not significantly change during conservative therapy. During the further course PTH rose to pretreatment values, but urinary cAMP remained normal. When the dose of calcitriol was elevated to 3 x 1.0 micrograms/day, leading to slightly elevated serum concentrations of this substance, Pi in serum rose to the low normal range, but TRP remained low and bone pain, although improved, did not subside. The tumor was locally excised. Postoperatively calcitriol concentration became elevated within 48 hours and remained so for several weeks. The rise in calcitriol concentration preceded the elevation of Pi in serum, not, however, the increase of TRP. The elevation of urinary cyclic AMP before therapy may have been due to a direct action of the substance secreted by the tumor.
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