Congenital rickets.
Although rickets in premature newborns is known to occur, term babies presenting at birth is uncommon. We report a term baby born to a mother with osteomalacia, and presented at birth with signs of florid rickets which was confirmed biochemically. After 4 weeks of treatment, radiological signs of healing were seen.
LTM Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai-22, India.
Arjit
A
Mohapatra
K
K
Sankaranarayanan
Sandeep S
SS
Kadam
S
S
Binoy
W A
WA
Kanbur
J A
JA
Mondkar
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012279:Rickets / Q000151:congenital*