Palpable Purpura with an Unexpected Outcome

Scurvy is a potentially lethal condition caused by inadequate vitamin C intake. Hypovitaminosis of vitamin C causes vessel fragility and follicular hyperkeratosis that can lead to palpable purpuric skin lesions. In this case report, we aim to remind readers that scurvy still occurs in Western countr...

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Autores principales: Friesgaard Christensen, Anne, Clemmensen, Ole, Junker, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/678427
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description Scurvy is a potentially lethal condition caused by inadequate vitamin C intake. Hypovitaminosis of vitamin C causes vessel fragility and follicular hyperkeratosis that can lead to palpable purpuric skin lesions. In this case report, we aim to remind readers that scurvy still occurs in Western countries and that the clinical presentation may resemble vasculitis.
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spelling pubmed-37284932013-08-16 Palpable Purpura with an Unexpected Outcome Friesgaard Christensen, Anne Clemmensen, Ole Junker, Peter Case Rep Rheumatol Case Report Scurvy is a potentially lethal condition caused by inadequate vitamin C intake. Hypovitaminosis of vitamin C causes vessel fragility and follicular hyperkeratosis that can lead to palpable purpuric skin lesions. In this case report, we aim to remind readers that scurvy still occurs in Western countries and that the clinical presentation may resemble vasculitis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3728493/ /pubmed/23956916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/678427 Text en Copyright © 2013 Anne Friesgaard Christensen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Palpable Purpura with an Unexpected Outcome
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