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Behind the Skin: A Rare Case of Scurvy-Associated Megaloblastic Anemia
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2019 Scurvy, caused by vitamin C deficiency, is very rare nowadays in the developed world. Scattered cases are found in people with unusual eating habits, alcoholism, intestinal malabsorption, mental disorders, or elderly living alone.
Albert Alhatem, Donghong Cai
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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 +3 more
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Scurvy may occur even in children with no underlying risk factors: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020 Background Since ancient times, scurvy has been considered one of the most fearsome nutritional deficiency diseases. In modern developed countries, this condition has become very rare and is only occasionally encountered, especially in the pediatric ...
Romina Gallizzi +5 more
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Hypervitaminosis A and Scurvy [PDF]
Nature, 1949 THE similarity between the clinical picture of hypervitaminosis A in rats and that of scurvy has been pointed out by Vedder and Rosenberg1, who found that ascorbic acid offered protection against excess of vitamin A ; and also by Moore and Wang2, who failed, however, to detect any abnormality in the ascorbic acid metabolism in their hypervitaminotic ...
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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 +6 more
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Vitamin C deficiency mimicking inflammatory bone disease of the hand
Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2020 Background Severe vitamin C deficiency, or scurvy, encompasses a syndrome of multisystem abnormalities due to defective collagen synthesis and antioxidative functions.
Emily J. Liebling +2 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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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1907 Patient. —Male, American, aged 33, robust; height 5 feet 9 inches; weighed 173 pounds; complained of bleeding from the mouth and pain while chewing food. Condition had existed two weeks. History. —Negative family history; no hemophilia; no serious illness; denies lues. Examination.
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Scurvy-Characteristic Features and Forensic Issues
, 2021 Scurvy is a multisystem condition that arises from vitamin C deficiency. As humans cannot synthesize vitamin C, serum and tissue levels depend on bioavailability, utilization, and renal excretion.
Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish, Byard, Roger W
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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 +3 more
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