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Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases?
Vitamin deficiency is rare in modern industrialised countries; however, it still occurs in patients with specific backgrounds, such as those with extremely unbalanced diets, those with alcoholism and those who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery. Imaging examinations that demonstrate classic fin...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjro.20210011 |
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author | Inoue, Akitoshi Itabashi, Kentaro Iwai, Takayasu Kitahara, Hitoshi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki |
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description | Vitamin deficiency is rare in modern industrialised countries; however, it still occurs in patients with specific backgrounds, such as those with extremely unbalanced diets, those with alcoholism and those who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery. Imaging examinations that demonstrate classic findings confirm the clinical diagnosis of vitamin deficiency and help monitor response to treatment. Because vitamin deficiencies are not prevalent, the diagnosis might not be straightforward. Therefore, imaging should be performed in cases of suspected vitamin deficiency. Radiologists should be familiar with characteristic imaging findings of vitamin deficiency and should survey an affected patient’s background and blood vitamin levels. Because symptoms of vitamin deficiency are quickly improved by vitamin replacement, early diagnosis is essential. This pictorial review provides imaging findings for deficiencies in vitamins B1 (Wernicke encephalopathy and wet beriberi), B12 (subacute combined degeneration), C (scurvy), D (rickets) and K (bleeding tendency). |
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spelling | pubmed-86116882021-12-06 Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? Inoue, Akitoshi Itabashi, Kentaro Iwai, Takayasu Kitahara, Hitoshi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki BJR Open Pictorial Review Vitamin deficiency is rare in modern industrialised countries; however, it still occurs in patients with specific backgrounds, such as those with extremely unbalanced diets, those with alcoholism and those who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery. Imaging examinations that demonstrate classic findings confirm the clinical diagnosis of vitamin deficiency and help monitor response to treatment. Because vitamin deficiencies are not prevalent, the diagnosis might not be straightforward. Therefore, imaging should be performed in cases of suspected vitamin deficiency. Radiologists should be familiar with characteristic imaging findings of vitamin deficiency and should survey an affected patient’s background and blood vitamin levels. Because symptoms of vitamin deficiency are quickly improved by vitamin replacement, early diagnosis is essential. This pictorial review provides imaging findings for deficiencies in vitamins B1 (Wernicke encephalopathy and wet beriberi), B12 (subacute combined degeneration), C (scurvy), D (rickets) and K (bleeding tendency). The British Institute of Radiology. 2021-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8611688/ /pubmed/34877451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjro.20210011 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pictorial Review Inoue, Akitoshi Itabashi, Kentaro Iwai, Takayasu Kitahara, Hitoshi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? |
title | Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? |
title_full | Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? |
title_fullStr | Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? |
title_full_unstemmed | Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? |
title_short | Imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? |
title_sort | imaging findings of vitamin deficiencies: are they forgotten diseases? |
topic | Pictorial Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjro.20210011 |
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