Increases in osteoid volume with sodium fluoride, calcium, and vitamin D treatment are well documented. Small decreases in mineralisation rate have also been reported.2 But osteomalacia in the presence of high plasma 25-OHD concentrations has not been described in patients treated with this regimen. The plasma 1,25-(OH)2D3 concentration in our patient was just below the lower limit of normal, b...

UNLABELLED Vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteomalacia. Bone mineral density was lower in Somali women, living in Sweden, in relation to both the American and the African-American reference populations. The majority, 73 %, had vitamin D deficiency, and supplementation should be considered to prevent from osteomalacia, osteoporosis and future fractures. PURPOSE Low vitamin D can lead to oste...

Maintenance of normal mineral ion homeostasis is crucial for many biological activities, including proper mineralization of the skeleton. Parathyroid hormone (PTH), Klotho, and FGF23 have been shown to act as key regulators of serum calcium and phosphate homeostasis through a complex feedback mechanism. The phenotypes of Fgf23(-/-) and Klotho(-/-) (Kl(-/-)) mice are very similar and include hyp...

Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor (PMT) is a rare and small tumor leading to oncogenic osteomalacia and deriving mostly from benign mesenchymal origin. The tumor may originate in any part of the body such as soft tissue or bone site, but is more frequent in the upper and lower extremities and craniofacial sinuses. Its most common type is oncogenic osteomalacia (OO) associated phosphaturic mesenchy...

Three cases of hypophosphataemic osteomalacia presenting in adult life, in which a myopathy was a prominent presenting feature, are described. In one, a nasopharyngeal haemangioma was also present. Possible mechanisms underlying the myopathy are discussed briefly.