title: A case of scurvy presenting with cutaneous and articular signs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gabay
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Voskuyl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cadiot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mignon
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001205:Ascorbic Acid