title: Myelofibrosis associated with severe vitamin D deficiency rickets.
abstract: Myelofibrosis is a rare disorder in childhood. In this report, we present the case of a 6-month-old infant with myelofibrosis due to severe vitamin D deficiency rickets. The characteristic clinical and laboratory findings of myelofibrosis improved rapidly after vitamin D therapy. In developing countries, nutritional rickets is still an important health problem. Rickets is not only a skeletal system-related disorder, it is also a systemic disorder. Rickets should be considered, therefore, as one of the conditions that can lead to severe haematological disorders in infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Division of Haematology, School of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. cbalkan@med.ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balkan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nese
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012279:Rickets / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000494:pharmacology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; D002118:Calcium