Bangalore Harish, Bisht Suniti, Inusa Baba
Evelina Children's Hospital, Paediatrics, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009. doi: 10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1422. Epub 2009 Jun 9.
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.
佝偻病在临床实践中越来越常见,甚至在西方世界也是如此。最近的一份出版物报道,每10万名儿童中佝偻病的总体发病率为7.5。众所周知,呼吸道感染与佝偻病有关。我们报告一例伴有严重呼吸道并发症的佝偻病病例。支气管镜检查发现气管软化。我们认为气管软化可能是佝偻病中一个迄今未被认识的发现,可能需要进一步研究。