A young patient presents with enlargement of costocondral junction and with the white line of fraenkel at the metaphysis. The diagnosis is-: (A) Scurvy, (B) Rickets, (C) Hyperparathyroidism, (D) Osteomalacia
Answer is A. *Enlargement of costochondral junction and white line of Frankel are seen both in scurvy and rickets. *However, best answer here is scurvy as white line frankel is seen in healing rickets, not in active rickets. And rickets refers to active disease. ref : maheswari 9th ed