A case of scurvy presenting with cutaneous and articular signs.
This report is on a patient, who presented purpura and hemarthrosis in a context of vitamin C deficiency. This case gives us the opportunity to discuss the differential diagnosis, the clinical features, the pathogenicity and the treatment of this rare condition.
Gabay
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C
Rheumatology Department, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris.
Voskuyl
A E
AE
Cadiot
G
G
Mignon
M
M
Kahn
M F
MF
D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011693:Purpura / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012614:Scurvy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D001205:Ascorbic Acid