Scurvy's Systemic Clinical Picture: A Multiorgan Presentation of a Conspicuous Disease
A man whose diet was limited to consumption of chicken, fish, and bread was admitted for weight loss, dyspnea, and cutaneous lesions. Findings of the physical examination included lower-extremity purpura. Initial work-up demonstrated severe ferropenic anemia, hyperbilirubinemia, vertebral fracture,...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | Daniel Alberto Carrillo-Vázquez, Alejandro Gutierrez-Castillo, Carlos Antonio Davizon-López, Alejandro Barrera-Godínez, María Graciela Leal-Gutiérrez, Marcela Saeb-Lima |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
American College of Physicians
2023-01-01
|
| Series: | Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| Online Access: | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0746 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Dermatomyositis-Related Encephalopathy: Clinical, Neuroimaging and Immunological Characterization
by: Daniel Alberto Carrillo-Vázquez, et al.
Published: (2025-03-01) -
Infantile Scurvy: Two Case Reports
by: Leila Ghedira Besbes, et al.
Published: (2010-01-01) -
Changes in the oral cavity caused by scurvy
by: Daković Dragana, et al.
Published: (2003-01-01) -
Case report: Scurvy masquerading as acquired haemophilia
by: Jess Griffin, et al.
Published: (2025-07-01) -
Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Presenting as Septic Shock with Multiorgan Failure
by: Olufemi Aduroja, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01)