A rare cause of rickets in a young child.
We present a case of nutritional rickets in a young child due to a macrobiotic diet. The child presented with important thoracic deformation and breathing difficulties. Plain radiographs appeared to be an excellent method for the diagnosis and follow-up of the bony lesions in this disorder. We describe the typical bony abnormalities related to this relative rare disease.
Department of Radiology, Academic Hospital of the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
F
F
Machiels
M
M
De Maeseneer
A
A
Van Snick
I
I
Rayen
B
B
Desprechins
M
M
Osteaux
D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015623:Diet, Macrobiotic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012279:Rickets / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D014807:Vitamin D; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate