Rickets--a complication of ifosfamide chemotherapy for Wilms tumor.
Recent reports of metabolic bone disease occurring as a result of drug induced Fanconi syndrome due to ifosfamide have appeared in the pediatric literature. Ifosfamide is a chemotherapeutic agent used for treatment of pediatric solid tumors. We present an additional case of ifosfamide induced rickets, the first in the radiologic literature.
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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Radiology, Hershey.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012279:Rickets / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy*
D007069:Ifosfamide