Affiliations: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India | Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India | Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of
Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India | Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Institute of
Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Bangalore Child
Neurology and Rehabilitation Center, HANS complex, 8/A 1st Main 1st Cross,
Manuvana, Near Adhichunchanagiri Choultry, Vijaynagar, Bangalore, 560040,
Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 80 23301212, +91 9535212556; Fax: +91 80 26541799;
E-mail: drknvraju@hotmail.com, drknvraju@yahoo.co.in
Abstract: Vitamin D deficiency and rickets are not uncommon associations with
keratinizing disorders. Children with ichthyosiform erythroderma are more prone
to develop vitamin D deficiency and rickets, due to decreased exposure to
sunlight, and dietary insufficiency. We report a case of lamellar ichthyosis in
two siblings with vitamin D deficiency developing severe rickets and
musculoskeletal features with myopathy.
