title: Evaluation of tumor-induced osteomalacia with 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Fathima Fijula
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Palot Manzil
authors.forename: Pradeep G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bhambhvani
authors.forename: Janis P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin; C081788:pentetreotide
keywords: 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy; somatostatin receptors; tumor-induced osteomalacia