Bowing of the legs in a child with rickets

Nutritional rickets (vitamin D deficiency) in a 3-year-old boy. Note the severe bowing of the lower extremities and the wider wrists and ankles.

Reproduced with permission from: Becker KL, Bilezikian JP, Brenner WJ, et al. Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. Copyright © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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