CLINICAL EXPERIENCES Hypophosphatemic Rickets in an Adolescent Cured by Excision of a Nonossifying Fibroma

An adolescent girl complaining of chronic heel pain was found to have acquired hypophosphatemic rickets and a nonossifying fibroma of the femur. The hypophosphatemic rickets was completely corrected by surgical excision of the bone lesion. This case represents another example of tumor-induced osteomalacia. ACQUIRED primary hypophosphatemic~~&dquo;&dquo;3~II~~T ~ nma rickets is an uncommon disorder. In 1959 Prader et al.1 described such a patient who was found to have an osseous tumor. Upon excision of the tumor, the serum phosphorus concentration returned to normal and the rickets healed, In a review of the literature, we were able to find 16 additional cases of tumor-induced or tumor-related osteomalacia and rickets that have been published sinc