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Scurvy in a 3-year-old boy: MRI features
Authors:
J De Cock ,
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
M Renard,
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
M Smet,
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
L Breysem
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract
A 3-year-old boy presented with painful knees (especially the right knee) and difficulty in walking for a few weeks. He complained of lower limb weakness. He was irritable and thinly built. At clinical examination movement of the knees and hips was painful. He had previously been diagnosed with autism. The mother reported that he didn’t eat well.
Published on
01 Nov 2012.
Peer Reviewed
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