- Etiology: Vitamin C deficiency leading to impaired collagen synthesis
- Imaging: osteopenia, “pencil point” cortical thinning, Trummerfeld zone (“field of rubble”) metaphyseal lucencies, Pelkan spur causing metaphyseal cupping, Frankel line: irregular white line at metaphysis due to dense zone of provisional calcification, Wimberger ring sign: epiphyseal shell with central lucency, subperiosteal hemorrhage that calcifies with healing
- Clinical: bleeding tendency, impaired wound healing
Radiology Cases of Scurvy
