Scurvy in a six-month-old infant


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Article type :

Case Report

Author :

Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Deepty Nauriyal, Shubhangi Singh, Arpana Kumari

Volume :

9

Issue :

3

Abstract :

We report a case of scurvy. Presentation at six months of age is being reported for the first time as only prolonged deficiency of vitamin C leads to florid scurvy. Literature review for last twenty years has revealed that except from Thailand, disease is quite rare now a days and not even 50 cases have been reported in children in this period.

Keyword :

Ascorbic acid, Scurvy, Severe acute malnutrition, Vitamin C, Clinical & X - ray diagnosis