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Pediatrics Scurvy 7bfe49e1

All are radiologic signs in scurvy EXCEPT:

A
White line in Metaphysis
B
Cupping and fraying
C
Ground glass appearance
D
Zone of rarefaction
High-Yield Explanation
Wrist widening (splaying), Cupping and fraying occurs in rickets and not in scurvy. Radiological Signs of Scurvy include: Ground-glass appearance of long bones/ Pencil thin coex White line of Frankel on the ends of the shafts of the tibia and fibula Wimberger sign (Sclerotic ring around epiphysis) Trummerfeld zone (poorly formed trabeculae) Pelkan spur at the coical end Subperiosteal hemorrhages scorbutic rosary (swelling of costochondral junctions)

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