Rachitic rosary
The prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints of rickets patients are known as a rachitic rosary or beading of the ribs. The knobs create the appearance of large beads under the skin of the rib cage, hence the name by analogy with the beads of a rosary.[1]
Causes
- Rickets : Nodularity at costochondral junction (rachitic rosary).
- Scurvy : More angular costochondral junction with a sharper step-off (scorbutic rosary) and depressed sternum.
- Chondrodystrophy
Pathophysiology
Rachitic rosary is due to a deficiency of calcium resulting in lack of mineralization and an overgrowth of costochondral joint cartilage. The calcium deficiency may be caused by Rickets or other causes of calcium deficiency such as hypoparathyroidism.
References
- ↑ "Rachitic rosary". TheFreeDictionary. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ Schulthess, edited by Gustav K. Von; (eds.), Ch.L. Zollikofer (2005). Musculoskeletal diseases : diagnostic imaging and interventional techniques : 37th International Diagnostic Course in Davos (IDKD) Davos, April 2-8, 2005 : including the Pediatric Satellite course "Kangaroo" Davos, April 2-3, 2005. Milan: Springer. ISBN 8847003180.
- ↑ Glass], [edited by] Klaus-Dietrich Ebel ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Gabriele Benz-Bohm ... [et al.] ; [translated by Ronald B.J. (1999). Differential diagnosis in pediatric radiology. Stuttgart: Thieme. ISBN 9783131081315.
- ↑ Glass], [edited by] Klaus-Dietrich Ebel ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Gabriele Benz-Bohm ... [et al.] ; [translated by Ronald B.J. (1999). Differential diagnosis in pediatric radiology. Stuttgart: Thieme. ISBN 3131081317.
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