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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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Autores principales: Ben Ahmed, Sarra, Mezghani, Fatma, Rhayem, Samar, Fedhila, Faten, Hadded, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tunisian Society of Medical Sciences 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
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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/
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