Tumor-induced rickets: usefulness of MR gradient echo recall imaging for tumor localization.

Shulman, Dorothy I; Hahn, Gregory; Benator, Richard; Washington, Kenneth; White, Kenneth E; Farber, Joshua; Econs, Michael J · J Pediatr · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

An 11-year-old boy presented with a femur fracture, bone hypomineralization, and hypophosphatemia, suggesting tumor-induced rickets. Conventional radiologic techniques including magnetic resonance skeletal survey did not identify a tumor. Magnetic resonance gradient echo recall imaging demonstrated a 3-cm iliac tumor, the resection of which rapidly reversed metabolic abnormalities. This technique may be useful in identifying elusive tumors associated with tumor-induced rickets.

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