Osher L, Lembach L, Brooks T S, Failor L
Department of Radiology, Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, Cleveland 44106, USA.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1996 Jun;86(6):266-74. doi: 10.7547/87507315-86-6-266.
Rickets is a pediatric disorder not commonly encountered by physicians in the US. Nevertheless, the podiatric physician should be aware that it persists and may exist in children who initially present with gait disturbances or failure to thrive. By using routine plain film radiography of the child's foot, the podiatric physician can screen one of the child's most rapid sites of secondary osseous growth, ie, the distal tibia. A brief overview of the rachitic and osteomalacic disorders is presented, followed by a discussion centered primarily on the plain film radiologic diagnosis of rickets.
佝偻病是一种在美国医生中不常遇到的儿科疾病。然而，足病医生应该意识到它仍然存在，并且可能存在于最初表现为步态障碍或发育不良的儿童中。通过对儿童足部进行常规X线平片检查，足病医生可以筛查儿童继发性骨生长最快的部位之一，即胫骨远端。本文简要概述了佝偻病和骨软化症，随后主要围绕佝偻病的X线平片诊断展开讨论。
