Hypocalcemic tetany in a toddler with undiagnosed rickets.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 17-month-old black girl presented to the pediatric emergency department with sudden onset of her hands and feet "drawing up." A diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency rickets with tetany was made on a history of exclusive breast-feeding, low serum calcium, phosphorus, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, and bone radiographs. Nutritional rickets should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute hypocalcemia.
Medical subject headings
- Hypocalcemia
- Rickets
- Tetany