Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem
We describe a case of vitamin-D-deficiency rickets in a young child to highlight its existence in Malaysia where sunlight is abundant throughout the year. The child presented with deformity of both legs. He came from an educated urban family but remained indoors most of the time. Radiographs of knee...
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| description | We describe a case of vitamin-D-deficiency rickets in a young child to highlight its existence in Malaysia where sunlight is abundant throughout the year. The child presented with deformity of both legs. He came from an educated urban family but remained indoors most of the time. Radiographs of knees and wrists showed changes of florid rickets. Low serum 25-hydoxyvitamin-D, high parathyroid hormone, normal serum phosphate and calcium levels, and normal renal function clinched the diagnosis of vitamin-D-deficiency rickets. He improved remarkably after treatment with oral Vitamin-D. We emphasise the importance of exposure to sunlight to prevent rickets. |
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| spelling | upm-568672017-09-05T10:04:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56867/ Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem Ting, Tzer Hwu Devnani, Anand Sobhraj We describe a case of vitamin-D-deficiency rickets in a young child to highlight its existence in Malaysia where sunlight is abundant throughout the year. The child presented with deformity of both legs. He came from an educated urban family but remained indoors most of the time. Radiographs of knees and wrists showed changes of florid rickets. Low serum 25-hydoxyvitamin-D, high parathyroid hormone, normal serum phosphate and calcium levels, and normal renal function clinched the diagnosis of vitamin-D-deficiency rickets. He improved remarkably after treatment with oral Vitamin-D. We emphasise the importance of exposure to sunlight to prevent rickets. Malaysian Medical Association 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56867/1/Vitamin-D-deficiency%20rickets%20even%20with%20abundant%20sunlight%20-%20a%20case%20to%20highlight%20emerging%20problem.pdf Ting, Tzer Hwu and Devnani, Anand Sobhraj (2016) Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 71 (6). pp. 354-356. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2016/v71n6/index.html |
| spellingShingle | Ting, Tzer Hwu Devnani, Anand Sobhraj Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem |
| title | Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem |
| title_full | Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem |
| title_fullStr | Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem |
| title_short | Vitamin-D-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem |
| title_sort | vitamin-d-deficiency rickets even with abundant sunlight - a case to highlight emerging problem |
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