KROK 1 2007 – Question 162 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 9 m.o. child has delayed dentition, it is also out of order. Upper jaw configuration is horizontal ("high" palate); microscopically - irregular mineralization of tooth enamel, wrinkled enamel prisms, some of them are vacuolized. Predentin zone is extended; there are solitary denticles. What disease is it?
- A. Late rickets
- B. Osteomalacia
- C. Gout
- D. Early rickets
- E. Hypervitaminosis D
Hint
Focus on the age of the child and on defective mineralisation of tooth tissues and skeleton resulting from a lack of the vitamin that regulates calcium and phosphate.
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