title: [Scurvy from self-imposed diet].
abstract: Scurvy, a rare disease, is still found today in malnourished patients. We recently diagnosed a case of scurvy in a 64-year-old woman resulting from a self-imposed diet. She had severe anemia and the characteristic gingival and skin lesions, which responded dramatically to ascorbic acid therapy. We report this case to make physicians aware of the possibility of scurvy and of its clinical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine C and Pediatrics A, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot.
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Sthoeger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sthoeger
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012614:Scurvy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D001205:Ascorbic Acid