Publication: Rickets with Alopecia Signals Vitamin D Dependent Rickets Type II
Date
2015
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 198 - 201
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. We report 27 months female child with classical rachitic changes, very high level of 25-hydroxy Vitamin D, 1,25 (OH)2D and markedly elevated serum Alkaline phosphatase. Very high dose of oral calcium and vitamin D3 was prescribed with minor improvement in skeletal features and alopecia. This case report hints the physician to diagnose and manage Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II, when rachitic changes are associated with alopecia.
Description
Shankar Prasad Yadav
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Nisha Keshary Bhatta
Professor, Department of Paediatrics, B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Keywords
Rickets, 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3, 1-alpha-Hydroxylase deficiency
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v35i2.13129