[Scurvy in trisomy 21].
We report a case of Down's syndrome in a 22-year-old woman who developed vitamin C deficiency with subsequent appearance of the characteristic joint pains and cutaneous and mucosal lesions of scurvy. A low intake of vitamin C due to peculiar eating habits and reduced absorption due to cardiac insufficiency and treatment with a platelet-aggregation inhibitor were considered to have caused the deficiency. Follicular purpura is a diagnostic skin sign of scurvy.
Hilty
N
N
Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Innsbruck.
Sepp
N
N
Rammal
E
E
Pechlaner
C
C
Hintner
H
H
Fritsch
P
P
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D012614:Scurvy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
Skorbut bei Trisomie 21.