Myelofibrosis associated with severe vitamin D deficiency rickets

J Int Med Res. 2005 May-Jun;33(3):356-9. doi: 10.1177/147323000503300311.

Abstract

Myelofibrosis is a rare disorder in childhood. In this report, we present the case of a 6-month-old infant with myelofibrosis due to severe vitamin D deficiency rickets. The characteristic clinical and laboratory findings of myelofibrosis improved rapidly after vitamin D therapy. In developing countries, nutritional rickets is still an important health problem. Rickets is not only a skeletal system-related disorder, it is also a systemic disorder. Rickets should be considered, therefore, as one of the conditions that can lead to severe haematological disorders in infants.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcium / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / complications*
  • Radiography
  • Rickets / complications*
  • Time Factors
  • Vitamin D / pharmacology
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / complications*

Substances

  • Vitamin D
  • Calcium