K Kagitani, T Yamamoto, K Miki, S Matsumoto, M Shima, H Tajiri, T Harada, S Okada
This report concerns an 11-year-old boy who manifested hypophosphatemic rickets associated with congenital microvillous atrophy (CMA). He had been suffering from vomiting and severe diarrhea from the first day of life and had been treated with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) since he was 67 days old. At 4 years of age, intestinal biopsy resulted in a diagnosis of CMA. He was admitted to our hospital complaining of leg pain at the age of 11. Laboratory data revealed hypophosphatemia, elevated serum 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) levels, and hypercalciuria...
December 1998: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research: the Official Journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research