AUTHOR=Cao Qianqian , Cheng Cheng , Dai Zhipeng 

TITLE=Case Report: Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor presenting solely as knee pain without hypophosphatemia

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology

VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2025.1597194

DOI=10.3389/fonc.2025.1597194

ISSN=2234-943X

ABSTRACT=Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor (PMT) is a rare tumor disease that often leads to tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO). The typical manifestations of this disease include hypophosphatemia and osteomalacia. The main symptom in most PMT patients is diffuse pain throughout the body. However, we report a PMT patient with typical histological features but without hypophosphatemia and TIO. This patient only presented with pain in the right knee joint. At 6 months and 1 year after surgery, follow-up revealed that the patient’s swelling and pain in the right knee joint had disappeared. Moreover, the imaging and biochemical examinations conducted at the local hospital showed normal results.