Open AccessIchthyosis associated with rickets in two Indian children
Author(s) -
Dimple Kothari,
Bhavana Doshi,
Gaurav Garg,
Uday Khopkar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/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