KROK 1 2019 – Question 17 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 9-month-old child presents with delayed tooth eruption, improper sequence of tooth eruption, and horizontal maxillary configuration (high-arched palate). Microscopically enamel mineralization pattern is irregular, enamel columns are wrinkled, some of them are vacuolated, predentin zones are widened, single denticles can be observed. What disease is it?
- A. Osteomalacia
- B. Hypervitaminosis D
- C. Early rickets
- D. Gout
- E. Late rickets
Hint
Consider what disturbance of mineral metabolism in an infant would delay tooth eruption and impair mineralization of enamel and dentin, and how the child's age helps name the stage.
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