title: [Infantile scurvy: Two cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Scurvy is the classic and most severe form of vitamin C deficiency. This condition has become extremely rare among children in the industrialized countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of two boys presenting bone pain associated with haemorrhagic gingivitis, with perifollicular purpura of the lower limbs in one boy. The children had an unbalanced diet. Scurvy was associated with vitamin D and iron deficiency. The dermatological and radiological abnormalities seen were characteristic and a favourable outcome was rapidly obtained following supplementation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The possibility of this forgotten historical illness should not be overlooked in the presence of these dermatological and rheumatologic signs, since this can help avoid unnecessary or excessively aggressive investigations.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Nord, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France. Electronic address: roudil.pauline@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roudil
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Nord, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jaffelin
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Nord, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences médico-chirurgicales pédiatriques, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mory
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, immuno-hématologie et oncologie pédiatrique, hôpital Nord, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stephan
mesh_terms: D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011693:Purpura / Q000209:etiology; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012307:Risk Factors; D012614:Scurvy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D014815:Vitamins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins; D001205:Ascorbic Acid
keywords: Barlow's disease; Carence vitaminique; Maladie de Barlow; Purpura; Scorbut; Scurvy; Synovite; Synovitis; Vitamin deficiency