Occipital condyle syndrome secondary to bone metastases from rectal cancer

Pamidronate administration improves the

Pamidronate administration improves the secondary hyperparathyroidism due to “Bone hunger syndrome” in a patient with osteoblastic metastases from prostate cancer

✍ Berruti, Alfredo; Sperone, Paola; Fasolis, Giuseppe; Torta, Mirella; Fontana, Da 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 30 KB 👁 2 views

## Background: The so-called bone hunger syndrome is a metabolic derangement that sometimes complicates the natural history of prostate cancer patients with osteoblastic bone metastases. an excessive bone formation leads to calcium entrapment in bone and the subsequent increase of parathyroid hormo