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The New Zealand Medical Journal

 Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association, 05-March-2010, Vol 123 No 1310

Anaemia and skeletal deformities
Kundan Kumar, Alakendu Ghosh

Clinical

A 22-year-old female presented to us with anaemia and gross skeletal deformities of all four limbs. Physical examination revealed pallor, icterus and hepatosplenomegaly, short stature and stunted growth. Plain radiographs of the chest and limbs were performed (Figures 1, 2, and 3).

Figure 1. Chest radiograph (PA view)

Figure 2. Radiograph of left forearm and hand
Figure 3. Radiograph of bilateral lower limbs

What is the diagnosis?
Answer
Author information: Kundan Kumar, MD Resident; Alakendu Ghosh, Professor; Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (SSKM Hospital), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence: Kundan Kumar, R – 302 , Junior Doctors Hostel , SSKM Hospital, 242 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata – 700020,West Bengal, India. Email: kundanjip@gmail.com

     
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