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Clinical details

A 2-year-old female child with

  • Global developmental delay and

  • Failure to thrive

presenting with h/o

  • Fever since 4 days

  • Swelling of left knee since 1 week

  • Past h/o perinatal anoxia

 

On Examination:

  • Child irritable

  • Semi-flexed posture of left leg

  • Swelling and tenderness over left knee

  • Systemic examination: No abnormality

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Laboratory findings:

  • Alkaline Phosphatase -316 IU/L    Ionised Calcium-4.67 mg/dl

  • Total calcium-8 mg/dl               Magnesium-1.6 mEq/L

  • Phosphorous-4 mg/dl                Potassium-3.81 mmol/L

  • Chloride-103 mEq/L                 Sodium-135 mEq/dl

  • Hemoglobin-13 gm%                 PCV-40.1 %

  • Peripheral Smear – Normocytic normochromic anemia with lymphopenia

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Radiological Investigations

                         Radiograph of the Left Knee

                                 

                     AP                               Lateral 

 

 

 

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Case 5

                                                                                            Contributors

                                          Dr.Ambika Gayad, Dr.Basavaraj Biradar

                                                                       Dr. Radha

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