Rickets and tracheobronchomalacia

Rickets and tracheobronchomalacia

Rickets is increasingly encountered in practice, even in the Western world. One recent publication reports an overall incidence of 7.5 per 100 000 children. Respiratory infections are well known to be associated with rickets. We present a case of rickets with severe respiratory complications. Trache...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2009, Vol.2009 (jun08 2), p.bcr0120091422-bcr0120091422
Hauptverfasser: Bangalore, Harish, Bisht, Suniti, Inusa, Baba
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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12 Months
Black
Bronchoscopy
Children & youth
Europe (West)
Female
Findings That Shed New Light on the Possible Pathogenesis of a Disease or an Adverse Effect
Infections
Pneumonia
Rickets
Ventilators
Vitamin D
Vitamin deficiency
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Zusammenfassung:Rickets is increasingly encountered in practice, even in the Western world. One recent publication reports an overall incidence of 7.5 per 100 000 children. Respiratory infections are well known to be associated with rickets. We present a case of rickets with severe respiratory complications. Tracheobronchomalacia was detected on bronchoscopy. We believe that tracheobronchomalacia may be a hitherto unrecognised finding in rickets and may need to be investigated further.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1422