Rachitic rosary

The rachitic rosary is the name given to swellings on the cartilage - bone border of the ribs and along both sides of the breastbone . This deformation of the chest is palpable and also visible in an advanced stage. The rachitic rosary is a symptom of pronounced rickets , a permanent deficiency in vitamin D , which leads to mineralization disorders of the bone matrix of the long bones . A slightly earlier sign of rickets is Marfan's sign .

See also

• Bell thorax
• Shoemaker's chest

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Holldack, Klaus Gahl: Auscultation and percussion. Inspection and palpation. Thieme, Stuttgart 1955; 10th, revised edition ibid 1986, ISBN 3-13-352410-0 , p. 57 f.

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