Rachitic rosary

Lauriola AL, Taugeriui A, Lodi A, Gamberini MR, Testa MR, Orziucolo C, De Sauctis V, Vullo C. Rachitic rosary iu a well chelated thalassaemic patient with primary amenorrhea (patient report). J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 1998 ll(Suppl 3) 979-80. 

Figure 1 This is a typical presentation of a child with rickets. The child is suffering from severe muscle weakness, has bony deformities including bowed legs, and knob-like projects in the middle of his ribcage called the rachitic rosary. (Reproduced with permission from Fraser D and Scriver CR (1979) Disorders associated with hereditary or acquired abnormalities of vitamin D function hereditary disorders associated with vitamin D resistance or defective phosphate metabolism. In De Groot LJ et al. (eds.) Endocrinology, pp. 797-808. New York Grune and Stratton.)...

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