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The prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints of rickets patients are known as a rachitic rosary or beading of the ribs. The knobs create the appearance of large beads under the skin of the rib cage , hence the name by analogy with the beads of a Catholic Christian rosary .
Rickets, scientific nomenclature: rachitis (from Greek ῥαχίτης rhakhítēs, [6] meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children and is caused by either dietary deficiency or genetic causes. [2]
It may also appear in rickets because of defective mineralisation of the bones by calcium necessary to harden them; thus the diaphragm, which is always in tension, pulls the softened bone inward. During rickets it is due to the indentation of lower ribs at the point of attachment of diaphragm. It is named after Edwin Harrison. [1]
Osteomalacia in children is known as rickets, and because of this, use of the term "osteomalacia" is often restricted to the milder, adult form of the disease. Signs and symptoms can include diffuse body pains, muscle weakness, and fragility of the bones.
A reclusive couple who buried their three-year-old son’s body in their back garden after failing to seek medical help when he became ill have been found guilty of causing or allowing his death.
Coventry Crown Court has been told Abiyah died after a respiratory illness at a time when he was suffering from bone fractures, severe malnutrition, rickets, anaemia, stunted growth and severe ...
The parents of a severely malnourished boy whose body was found buried in a garden in Birmingham have been found guilty of causing his death. Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 42 and 43, showed ...
It may then be found out that the rib cage is in normal structure. If there is more than average growth of sternum than pectus carinatum protrudes. [clarification needed] Also it is of two types, as pectus carinatum is symmetrical or unsymmetrical. On the basis of that further treatment is given to the patient. [citation needed]