Functional abdominal pain causing Scurvy, Pellagra, and Hypovitaminosis A.
Severe vitamin deficiency disease is rarely seen in developed countries. We present an atypical case of a young man with scurvy, pellagra, and hypovitaminosis A, caused by longstanding functional abdominal pain that severely limited his ability to eat.
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University / Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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