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Scurvy incidence trend among children hospitalised in France, 2015–2023: a population-based interrupted time-series analysisResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe
Summary: Background: Scurvy, historically rare in-high income countries, has re-emerged as an indicator of socioeconomic and dietary disparities. Limited data exist on scurvy trends among European children, particularly following socioeconomic changes ...
Zein Assad, Maelle Trad, Zaba Valtuille, Cécile Dumaine, Albert Faye, Tania Ikowsky, Florentia Kaguelidou, Lindsay Osei, Naim Ouldali, Ulrich Meinzer   +9 more
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Scurvy: An elusive diagnosis

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
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 ...
Michael Pope, Joshua Elder
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Scurvy as a mimicker of osteomyelitis in a child with autism spectrum disorder

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
A case of scurvy in a 10-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder is described. His clinical presentation was initially thought to be due to osteomyelitis, for which empirical antimicrobial therapy was initiated.
Laura M. Kinlin, Ana C. Blanchard, Shawna Silver, Shaun K. Morris   +3 more
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A case report on modern-day scurvy

New Zealand Medical Student Journal, 2023
Scurvy, from the Latin word scorbutus meaning to rupture or lacerate, refers to the clinical disease caused by nutritional deficiency of Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid), with characteristic mucocutaneous and mus- culoskeletal features.
Zhaolun Feng, Samarina Musaad
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Missing Vitamin C

JACC: Case Reports, 2019
Scurvy is a disorder of vitamin C deficiency which leads to vascular fragility and multisystemic complications. The paper presents a case of scurvy resulting in cardiac tamponade in addition to its classic manifestations. Life-threatening tamponade is an
Saed Alnaimat, MD, Abdullahi Oseni, MD, Ying Yang, MD, Vinesh Melvani, MD, Adam Aronson, MD, Katherine Harris, MD, Sidakpal Panaich, MD   +6 more
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Lessons learned from “the great mimicker disease”: A retrospective study of 18 patients with scurvy

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2023
Purpose: Scurvy is an uncommon medical condition that affects children and is caused by an inadequate intake of vitamin C. This study presents the characteristics of patients with scurvy to raise awareness of the diagnostic process in developing ...
Faisal Miraj, I Wayan Arya Mahendra Karda, Ali Abdullah, Eugene Dionysios   +3 more
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Scurvy: A difficult diagnosis with a simple cure

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012
Introduction: Scurvy is an old disease, however in specific at risk populations it may present in current society. Case history: A 70-year old man with a painful, swollen leg with bruising for 2 weeks was treated in the Emergency Centre of a hospital in ...
R.L. Allgaier, K. Vallabh, S. Lahri
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Chronic Non-infectious Osteomyelitis Mimicking Scurvy as the Presenting Sign of Crohn’s Disease: Case Report

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Chronic non-infectious osteomyelitis (CNO) is a rare, inflammatory process associated with pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Signs and symptoms of CNO parallel scurvy, a nutritional deficiency that can affect children with autism spectrum ...
Alexa Goldfarb, Stefan Breitling, Owen Amadasun, Bridget Kiernan, Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, Selin T. Sagalowsky   +5 more
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POTASH IN SCURVY. [PDF]

The Lancet
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Scurvy: A Rare Disease or a Rare Diagnosis?

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Introduction: Scurvy, the disease state caused by ascorbic acid deficiency, was once an extremely common disease but is now thought to be a rare disease in postmodern societies.
David F. Gaieski
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