Scurvy. A case caused by peculiar dietary habits

Scurvy: Forgotten but not gone

“…X‐rays showed the patient to have osteopenia, common in scurvy, but no metaphyseal beaking or ‘white lines of Fraenkel’, which are said to be characteristic. A lack of characteristic radiological changes in the face of significant clinical symptoms of scurvy are not uncommon in other published reports 7,10 , 11 and should not dissuade the clinician from the diagnosis if the history is otherwise consistent.…”

“…Groups at risk are those with poor or unbalanced diets. In children this might arise as a result of behavioural disturbance or mental retardation in younger age groups, 5−10 or food faddism in adolescents 11−13 . A recurring theme in the reported cases of scurvy in the paediatric literature is the diagnostic confusion that arises as a result of presenting symptoms that overlap with diseases more commonly seen in developed countries.…”

Pseudoparalysis Secondary to Vitamin C Deficiency: A Rare Presentation in a Toddler

“…The treatment is given for 1 month or until full recovery. The constitutional symptoms recover within days, but the bone symptoms improve over several weeks [28][29][30][31] .…”

Oral Lesions in Scurvy

“…6 Gingival lesions associated with scurvy have rarely been reported in the last 30 years. [7][8][9][10][11] Oral lesions of scurvy have also been reported following withdrawal from a megavitamin diet. 12,13 The historical importance of oral lesions associated with scurvy have also been reviewed.…”