Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5644683 | Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The absence of classical buccal-dental symptoms and the presence of keratotic dermatosis with fissures and ulcers on the hands and feet are atypical in scurvy; however, this diagnosis was confirmed by the existence of purpura evoking capillary fragility, the patient's drastically low vitamin C level and the rapid subsidence of symptoms following treatment with oral vitamin C alone. Anorexia nervosa was doubtless the cause of deficiency. This situation is rare and a systematic review of the literature in Medline via PubMed showed that only three reports of scurvy associated with mental anorexia have been published since 1975.
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Authors
R. André, A. Gabrielli, E. Laffitte, O. Kherad,