A painful limp.

J Paediatr Child Health

Paediatric Unit, Al-Hasa Specialty Services Division, Saudi Aramco - Al-Hasa Health Center, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Arabia.

Published: June 2000

We describe a healthy 18-month-old child who developed a painful limp, without a history of trauma or fever. The initial laboratory investigations showed normal results but the radiological findings were suggestive of scurvy. Diagnosis was confirmed by blood tests and by a rapid recovery following replacement therapy.

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