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Ichthyosis associated with rickets in two Indian children

Author(s) -

Bhavana Doshi,

Gaurav Garg,

UdayS Khopkar,

Dimple Kothari

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.110877

Subject(s) - rickets , medicine , lamellar ichthyosis , dermatology , ichthyosis , epidermolytic hyperkeratosis , thickening , hyperkeratosis , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin , pediatrics , chemistry , polymer science

We wish to report two cases of rickets due to vitamin D deficiency secondary to underlying ichthyotic skin disorder. The first case is of an 8-year-old male with history of multiple fluid-filled lesions over the body that would rupture to heal with thickening and scaling of skin, suggestive of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, and the second is of a 14-year-old female with thick, large, quadrilateral scales over the extremities and back clinically consistent with lamellar ichthyosis. Both showed improvement with parenteral vitamin D3 and oral calcium supplements in addition to topical emollients

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