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Scurvy still exists in children: A case report
Background: Scurvy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. Although rare lately, the clinical suspicion arises in front of a precarious situation or deficient nutrition and food restriction secondary to a psychiatric condition, even in patients with non-specific complaints. We report the obs...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9390125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35288913 |
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author | Ben Ahmed, Sarra Mezghani, Fatma Rhayem, Samar Fedhila, Faten Hadded, Samir |
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description | Background: Scurvy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. Although rare lately, the clinical suspicion arises in front of a precarious situation or deficient nutrition and food restriction secondary to a psychiatric condition, even in patients with non-specific complaints. We report the observation of a 6 -year- old boy, followed for autism since the age of 3 years and who was admitted for limping, hemorrhagic syndrome, arthritis and weakness. The diagnosis of child abuse was initially suspected but clinical and radiological abnormalities seen were characteristic of scurvy. Vitamin C level was undetectable. The child had an unbalanced diet.A favorable outcome was rapidly obtained following supplementation. Scurvy is rare, but it should be mentioned among children with psychiatric disorders, presenting with musculoskeletal manifestations or hemorrhagic syndrome.It is essential to prevent it by systematic dietary supplementation of vitamin C in children with eating difficulties. |
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spelling | pubmed-93901252022-08-25 Scurvy still exists in children: A case report Ben Ahmed, Sarra Mezghani, Fatma Rhayem, Samar Fedhila, Faten Hadded, Samir Tunis Med Article Background: Scurvy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. Although rare lately, the clinical suspicion arises in front of a precarious situation or deficient nutrition and food restriction secondary to a psychiatric condition, even in patients with non-specific complaints. We report the observation of a 6 -year- old boy, followed for autism since the age of 3 years and who was admitted for limping, hemorrhagic syndrome, arthritis and weakness. The diagnosis of child abuse was initially suspected but clinical and radiological abnormalities seen were characteristic of scurvy. Vitamin C level was undetectable. The child had an unbalanced diet.A favorable outcome was rapidly obtained following supplementation. Scurvy is rare, but it should be mentioned among children with psychiatric disorders, presenting with musculoskeletal manifestations or hemorrhagic syndrome.It is essential to prevent it by systematic dietary supplementation of vitamin C in children with eating difficulties. Tunisian Society of Medical Sciences 2021-11 2021-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9390125/ /pubmed/35288913 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Ben Ahmed, Sarra Mezghani, Fatma Rhayem, Samar Fedhila, Faten Hadded, Samir Scurvy still exists in children: A case report |
title | Scurvy still exists in children: A case report |
title_full | Scurvy still exists in children: A case report |
title_fullStr | Scurvy still exists in children: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Scurvy still exists in children: A case report |
title_short | Scurvy still exists in children: A case report |
title_sort | scurvy still exists in children: a case report |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9390125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35288913 |
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