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Rickets

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Rickets.

Patient Data

Age: 10 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Swelling of the wrist joint. Cupping and fraying of the metaphyses with widening of the physes of the distal end of both radius and ulna. 

Case Discussion

Features of active rickets.

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