Rickets

3D Model

http://www.digitiseddiseases.org/mrn.php?mrn=B0133#

Bone: Right femur Age: Subadult Sex: U

Pathology description

There is a strong anterolateral bowing of the diaphysis, with the apex in curvature occurring in the proximal third of the shaft. The distal end is flared mediolaterally and has abnormal porosity in the germinal zone with lytic defects on the lateral half of the anterior metaphysis. There is also abnormally large and disorganised porosity on the anterior surface of the femoral neck. Xrays