<prompt> Rickets in infancy is characterised by the following except:CraniotabesRachitic rosaryWide open fontanellesBow legs  <response>: Ans. is d i.e. Bow legs Ghai states - Long bones of legs get deformed when the child starts bearing weight. Therefore deformities of legs are unusual before the age of 1 year. Anterior bowing of legs, knock knee and coxa vera are the usual deformities. Clinical manifestation of Rickets:The main factor responsible for pathogenesis in Rickets: - In rickets the abdomen is protuberant pot belly because of marked hypotonia of abdominal wall muscles. Visceral proptosis and lumbar lordosis also occurs in rickets. More Questions on rickets: -Earliest manifestation of Rickets - CraniotabesClinical manifestation of Rickets appears at - later half of first year or in 2nd year. Unusual below the age of 3 monthsQuestions on Radiological feature of Rickets: -Earliest radiological changes appear in long bones of radius and ulnaCupping of metaphysesLarge gap bw epiphyses and metaphyses widening of the physis i.e. growth plateIrregular metaphyseal margins ill-defined zone of provisional calcificationOsteopenia 