title: Scurvy in liver transplant patients.
abstract: We report on scurvy in 3 liver transplant recipients. Clinical presentation was limited to ecchymotic purpura and mild follicular keratosis with no mucosal involvement. Skin biopsies suggest vitamin C deficiency, which was confirmed by a low level of vitamin C in both sera and leukocyte specimens. Skin lesions dramatically improved within a few weeks after supplementation with ascorbic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Cochin Hospital APHP, Faculty of Medicine Paris 5, University of René Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Héloïse
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hatuel
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buffet
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mateus
authors.forename: Yvon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Calmus
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlotti
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dupin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012614:Scurvy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology