Needle(s) in the Haystack-Synchronous Multifocal Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia

Anand K Annamalai1, Krishnaswamy Sampathkumar1, Shubhada Kane1

  • 1Departments of Endocrinology (A.K.A.) and Surgery and Anaesthesiology (S.A., C.G., M.C.), Ashwin Speciality Hospital, Madurai 625020, India; Department of Nephrology (K.S.), Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre, Madurai 625107, India; Departments of Cytopathology (S.Ka.), Radio-Diagnosis (N.S.S., S.Ku.), Nuclear Medicine (V.R., N.P.), and Head and Neck Surgery (P.S.P., A.D.M.), Tata Memorial Centre and Research Centre, Mumbai 400012, India; Department of Pathology (R.S.), Aravind Eye Care Hospitals, Madurai 625020, India; HCG Anderson PET Center (G.S.), Chennai 600084, India; RIA, Department of Laboratory Medicine (V.P.), Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai 400016, India; KGS Scan Center (K.G.S.), Madurai 625020, India; Cancer Diagnosis and Pathology Group (A.J.G.), Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, St Leonards NSW 2065, Australia; Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science (M.G.), University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; and Department of Endocrinology (R.C.-B.), Kolling Institute, Royal N Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia.

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