Vitamin D deficiency masquerading as metastatic cancer: A case series

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-247

  Khokhar, Jawaad S ^a   Brett, Allan S ^a   Desai, Ami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteomalacia; Radionuclide imaging; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PHENYTOIN; TAMOXIFEN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TECHNETIUM 99M METHYLENE BISPHOSPHONATE; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OSTEOMALACIA; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OSTEOMALACIA; PAIN; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 65549109428     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181898525     Document Type: Article

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