title: Ichthyosis associated with rickets in two Indian children.
abstract: We wish to report two cases of rickets due to vitamin D deficiency secondary to underlying ichthyotic skin disorder. The first case is of an 8-year-old male with history of multiple fluid-filled lesions over the body that would rupture to heal with thickening and scaling of skin, suggestive of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, and the second is of a 14-year-old female with thick, large, quadrilateral scales over the extremities and back clinically consistent with lamellar ichthyosis. Both showed improvement with parenteral vitamin D3 and oral calcium supplements in addition to topical emollients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Dimple
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.forename: Bhavana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doshi
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Uday S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Khopkar
keywords: Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis; lamellar ichthyosis; rickets