Hypophosphataemic rickets

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard , 19 Jan 2010
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Jeremy Jones, 17 Aug 2020

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X-rays of the wrist and knee of a seven month old child demonstrates widening of the metaphysis with slight fraying and cupping of the growth-plate margins. The features are consistent with rickets, which in this case are due to hypophosphataemia.

  • -<p>X-rays of the wrist and knee of a seven month old child demonstrates widening of the metaphysis with slight fraying and cupping of the growth-plate margins. The features are consistent with <a href="/articles/rickets" title="rickets">rickets</a>, which in this case are due to hypophosphataemia.</p>
  • +<p>The features are consistent with <a href="/articles/rickets">rickets</a>, which in this case are due to hypophosphataemia.</p>

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X-rays of the wrist and knee of a seven-month-old child demonstrates widening of the metaphysis with slight fraying and cupping of the growth-plate margins.

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