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Heng Yeh1, Htoo Myat Nge2, Asmita Ghimire2
1Department of Medicine, Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY 13326, USA.
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Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome caused by the overproduction of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) from phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors (PMTs). Clinical features include skeletal deformities, bone mineral density (BMD) loss, and debilitating myopathy. Hypophosphatemia and low 1,25(OH)2D levels are hallmark biochemical findings. We report a 46-year-old man with delayed tumor localization who received preoperative burosumab. Postoperatively, he developed transient mild hypocalcemia, persistently elevated alkaline phosphatase and parathyroid hormone, and prolonged FGF23 elevation for 6 months despite normalized serum phosphate and improved BMD. Burosumab can interfere with FGF23 assays and may cause extremely high in vivo FGF23 values for months. Alternative biochemical markers should be pursued postoperatively in patients who received burosumab before surgery. A high bone turnover state resembling hungry bone syndrome may occur after PMT resection. Awareness of these postoperative biochemical changes and the effects of burosumab on FGF23 assays is essential for monitoring TIO recovery.
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