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Scurvy in children: Down but not out
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2021 Background: Scurvy, a common disease of the past, has become rare in the modern era. Because of lack of awareness regarding its clinical and radiological manifestations, diagnosis of scurvy is often missed or delayed resulting in unnecessary and ...
Sukhjot Kaur, Jatinder Singh Goraya
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Case Report: Uncommon cause of limp in the 21st century
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Scurvy results from a deficiency of ascorbic acid. This disease first appeared in children during the 19th century with the emergence of new dietary habits; in particular, heating milk that leads to a loss of ascorbic acid.
Stephanie Thiemann +3 more
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Scurvy in a young man: a rare case report
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 Scurvy, resulting from vitamin C deficiency, has nonspecific constitutional symptoms, including weakness, malaise, and fatigue. It is frequently misdiagnosed due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations. Although there are sporadic cases of scurvy
Rui-Ling Lu +5 more
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Bilateral proptosis: an unusual primary presentation of scurvy—a case report
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021 Background Scurvy is a nutritional vitamin C deficiency disease which shows classical signs on radiographs most commonly along long bones with subperiosteal hemorrhage being a classical finding.
Damini S. +3 more
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Vitamin C Deficiency as a Mimicker of Vasculitis: A Case
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023 Scurvy causes poor wound healing, hemarthrosis, petechiae, perifollicular hemorrhages, and nonspecific myalgia. Although studies report that scurvy can mimic vasculitis on physical examination, the disease lacks the laboratory evidence for vasculitis. We
Peter G. Brodeur +5 more
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A boy with inability to walk; don't forget about scurvy [PDF]
, 2023 Introduction: Scurvy or vitamin C deficiency is infrequent in this modem era; thus, it is often not within the list of differential diagnoses. Scurvy can mimic various rheumatological, orthopedic, neurological, and hematological illnesses.
Said, Abdul Hadi +1 more
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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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Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023 Background Although medical literature describes pediatric scurvy as “rare”, a growing number of case reports suggests otherwise. Patients often undergo costly and unnecessary workup due to unfamiliarity with the presentation of scurvy.
Ginny Claire Kim +3 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 The limping child frequently represents a diagnostic challenge. The differential diagnosis is broad and should include vitamin C deficiency. Scurvy, resulting from vitamin C deficiency, is the oldest-known nutritional disorder.
Daniela Masci +6 more
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ON THE ETIOLOGY OF SCURVY. [PDF]
The Lancet, 1904 Considerations on the etiology of scurvy with several comments. Coplans presentation on p.79-94. Discussion on p.94-116. Almroth Wright's comments on p.94-97, 108-109. Almroth Wright: "When I speak of a blood change in scurvy, I have in my mind a very definite picture of that blood change, and nothing in pathology is to my mind more certainly ...
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