ONCOGENOUS HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC OSTEOMALACIA - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

Despite the great number of neoplastic entities, which are able to cau se this disease, ''oncogenous osteomalacia'' is hardly known as a para neoplastic phenomenon. Without removing the not constantly malignant t umor as the underlying cause recovery is not possible. Until now patho genesis is unknown. Together with a review of the literature a case re port is presented, in which a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of soft t issue caused an untreatable osteomalacia. Because of failure of local tumor controll prognosis in this case must be considered fatal.