Paediatric case of scurvy demonstrated on radiography. A 4-year-old boy with autistic spectrum disorder suffered from left thigh pain. Anteroposterior radiographs demonstrated the heterogeneous and irregular appearance of the growth plate (black arrowheads) and metaphyseal beaking (Pelkan spur: black arrows) in the femur and a sclerotic cortical rim around osteopaenic epiphyseal ossification centres of the femur and tibia (Wimberger ring sign: broken white arrows). In the tibia, a dense metaphyseal band (Frankel line; arrow) and a lucent band (scurvy line; white arrowhead) are visible. Laboratory examination revealed lower vitamin C level (0.2 µg ml−1 [range: 4.7—17.8 µg ml−1]).