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13 April 2024 : Case report  Japan

Successful Superficial Blood Sampling to Localize a Fibroblast Growth Factor-23-Producing Tumor

Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Junjiro Rikitake1ABCDEF, Kenji Ashida ORCID logo1ABCDEF*, Ayako Nagayama1ACDEF, Yukihiro Inoguchi1CDEF, Nao Hasuzawa1CDEF, Masamichi Koganemaru2BCDE, Tetsuya Hamada3BCDE, Kanoko Moritaka1BCDE, Mutsuyuki Demiya1BCDE, Tomoki Sako1BCDE, Jun Akiba4BCDE, Koji Hiraoka3BCDE, Masatoshi Nomura1ACDEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943152

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943152

Figure 6. Pathological findings. (A, B) Hematoxylin and eosin staining. The proliferation of spindle-shaped cells can be observed; however, no signs of malignancy were detected: (A) low magnification; and (B) high magnification. (C, D) Immunostaining with an anti-FGF-23 antibody (AdipoGen Life Sciences, CA, USA) shows scattered FGF-23-positive cells: (C) low magnification; and (D) high magnification. FGF-23 – fibroblast growth factor-23.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923