Nutritional Rickets Presenting with Myelofibrosis

We describe the clinical course of a 10-month-old breastfed infant with rickets and associated myelofibrosis presenting with anemia and hepatosplenomegaly. Over the follow up, on therapeutic supplementation of vitamin D, child showed reduction in liver and spleen size along with improvement in ricke...

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Published in:Indian journal of pediatrics 2010-12, Vol.77 (12), p.1437-1439
Main Authors: Bhakhri, Bhanu Kiran, Debata, Pradeep K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Brief
General aspects
Gynecology
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Infant
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pediatrics
Primary Myelofibrosis - complications
Primary Myelofibrosis - diagnosis
Primary Myelofibrosis - therapy
Rickets - complications
Rickets - diagnosis
Rickets - therapy
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Summary:We describe the clinical course of a 10-month-old breastfed infant with rickets and associated myelofibrosis presenting with anemia and hepatosplenomegaly. Over the follow up, on therapeutic supplementation of vitamin D, child showed reduction in liver and spleen size along with improvement in rickets, anemia, growth and developmental parameters.
ISSN:0019-5456
0973-7693
DOI:10.1007/s12098-010-0213-z