Hypocalcaemic fit in an adolescent boy with undiagnosed rickets.
Rickets in early childhood has been well documented in the literature. We present a case report on a teenage Somalian boy who had a generalised tonic clonic fit (an unusual presentation of rickets in late childhood) and was diagnosed with vitamin D deficient rickets.
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Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK. iseerat@hotmail.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*