Scurvy: An elusive diagnosis

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Scurvy is uncommon in the developed world, and clinical presentation may mimic other pathologic states. A thorough social and dietary history is essential to identifying patients at risk of vitamin C deficiency, which can then be easily treated. ABSTRACT: Scurvy is a disease of...

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Autores principales: Pope, Michael, Elder, Joshua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10225610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37255614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7418
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description KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Scurvy is uncommon in the developed world, and clinical presentation may mimic other pathologic states. A thorough social and dietary history is essential to identifying patients at risk of vitamin C deficiency, which can then be easily treated. ABSTRACT: Scurvy is a disease of defective collagen synthesis that is characterized by easy bruising, gingival hemorrhages, poor wound healing, fatigue, and arthralgias. It is caused by dietary deficiency of vitamin C. This is the case of a patient with multiple risk factors for malnutrition who was diagnosed with scurvy.
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spelling pubmed-102256102023-05-30 Scurvy: An elusive diagnosis Pope, Michael Elder, Joshua Clin Case Rep Case Report KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Scurvy is uncommon in the developed world, and clinical presentation may mimic other pathologic states. A thorough social and dietary history is essential to identifying patients at risk of vitamin C deficiency, which can then be easily treated. ABSTRACT: Scurvy is a disease of defective collagen synthesis that is characterized by easy bruising, gingival hemorrhages, poor wound healing, fatigue, and arthralgias. It is caused by dietary deficiency of vitamin C. This is the case of a patient with multiple risk factors for malnutrition who was diagnosed with scurvy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10225610/ /pubmed/37255614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7418 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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