title: [Scurvy is not entirely a historical disease].
abstract: Scurvy, lack of vitamin C, is a rare disease and is often called seafarers' disease. This case story describes a 36 year-old female patient with scurvy after a gastric bypass operation. Scurvy led to severed bullae on the skin, haemorrhagia and loose skin. After intensive care treatment and a minor split skin graft the patient was discharged from the university hospital to a local hospital for further mobilization. Three months later the patient died due to sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Plastikkirurgisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital, 5000 Odense, Denmark. stolle@ki.au.dk
authors.forename: Lars B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Stolle
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heidemann
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bischoff-Mikkelsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001206:Ascorbic Acid Deficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D012614:Scurvy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology