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scurvy
- vitamin C deficiency
- rare
- age: almost always > 6 months (!)
- Wimberger ring
- periosteal reaction (+/- massive periosteal bleed)
- white line of Frankel
- scurvy zone
DDx:
- rickets (wide growth plate)
- child abuse (no lucent "scurvy" zone)
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
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