HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC RICKETS WITH SACROILIITIS-LIKE PRESENTATION IN AN ADOLESCENT

Rickets can manifest with a wide variety of rheumatic symptoms. In thi s paper, a fifteen year old female patient with hypophosphatemic ricke ts presenting with symptoms suggesting sacroiliitis at disease onset i s reported, The sacroiliac joint involvement in this case was attribut ed to the subchondral bone fractures due to the secondary hyperparathy roidism. Her symptoms resolved completely after treatment with calcitr iol and phosphate solution for hypophosphatemic rickets.