title: Modern scurvy.
abstract: Scurvy is a disease that played an important role in ancient history and used to be a notorious cause of death in sailors. Nowadays, scurvy is not a common diagnosis in the civilized world, but this case report indicates that this old-fashioned disease is not extinct at all and still exists but in a different patient category.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden 8934 AD, The Netherlands rian.wijkmans@znb.nl.
authors.forename: Rian A A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wijkmans
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden 8934 AD, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Talsma