Fact-sheet: Rickets
Updated on 09/17/2021 at 12:16 PM
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Radiography
- Defect, irregularity, and delayed mineralization of epiphyseal ossification centers
- Transverse and longitudinal widening of the metaphyses
- Metaphyseal fraying and irregularity
- Cupping deformity of the metaphyses
- Pagoda-roof appearance
- Lateral or anterior convex deformity of the long bones
- Biconcave vertebral deformities
- Osteopenia
- Laminated cortex
- Fractures
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Differential diagnosis
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasias