title: [Scurvy in trisomy 21].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Innsbruck.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hilty
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sepp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rammal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pechlaner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hintner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fritsch
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Skorbut bei Trisomie 21.