Rachitic rosary

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The prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints of rickets patients are known as a rachitic rosary or beading of the ribs. The knobs create the appearance of large beads under the skin of the rib cage, hence the name by analogy with the beads of a rosary.

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Primarily nervous system
Primarily CNS
Lack of coordination
Other
Primarily PNS
Primarily muscular
Other
Primarily skeletal
Rachitic rosary · Clubbing
Primarily joint

M: PNS

anat(h, r, t, c, b, l, s)/phys/devp

proc, drug(N1B)

M: MUS, DF+DRCT

anat (h/n, u, t/d, a/p, l)/phys/hist

noco(m, s, c)/cong(d)/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M1A/3)

M: JNT

anat(h/c, u, t, l)/phys

proc, drug(M4)

pl:Różaniec krzywiczy
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