<prompt> Rickets in infancy is characterised by the following except :CraniotabesRachitic rosaryWide open fontanellesBow legs  <response>: Bow legs Mel: Ghai Paediatrics 6e, p 128. Nelson 17e,p 183; Apleys 8e, p 119 Ghai states - Long bones of legs get deformed when the child stas 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 Craniotabes Clinical manifestation of Rickets appears at later half of first year or in T.d year. Unusual below the age of 3 months Questions on Radiological feature of Rickets: ? - Earliest radiological changes appear in long bones of radius and ulna - Cupping of inetaphyses - Large gap bw epiphyses and metaphyses widening of the phy.vis i.e. growth plate - Irregular metaphyseal margins ill-defined zone of provisional calcification - Osteopenia 