Case 52-1989

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Presentation of CaseA 62-year-old man was referred to the hospital because of bone pain and hypophosphatemia.He was well until 10 years earlier, when a diagnosis of primary hypothyroidism was made and levothyroxine was begun. Five years before admission he experienced pain about the right hip; x-ray films of the pelvis showed no abnormality. One year before admission pain developed in the right groin and spread to the right buttock. Three months before admission he began to experience severe pain in the top of the left foot, the left ribs in the axillary area, and the right forearm. The . . .