TY - JOUR
T1 - Now you see/C it
AU - Domingo, Alexander E.
AU - Ruser, Christopher B.
AU - Simone, Brittany
AU - Federman, Daniel G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2016/8/17
Y1 - 2016/8/17
N2 - Bleeding disorders are common. In addition to thinking about disorders relating to abnormal platelets or clotting factors, clinicians should consider disorders of vascular integrity in their differential diagnosis. We present a patient with atypical, spontaneous bleeding that was due to scurvy, an often overlooked cause. Clinicians should be aware of the risk factors for the development of scurvy, such as poor dietary intake, male gender, smoking, alcohol abuse, as well as its classic manifestations, including gingival bleeding, spontaneous bruising, corkscrew hairs, and poor wound healing, A heightened awareness may lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
AB - Bleeding disorders are common. In addition to thinking about disorders relating to abnormal platelets or clotting factors, clinicians should consider disorders of vascular integrity in their differential diagnosis. We present a patient with atypical, spontaneous bleeding that was due to scurvy, an often overlooked cause. Clinicians should be aware of the risk factors for the development of scurvy, such as poor dietary intake, male gender, smoking, alcohol abuse, as well as its classic manifestations, including gingival bleeding, spontaneous bruising, corkscrew hairs, and poor wound healing, A heightened awareness may lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
KW - Scurvy
KW - alcoholism
KW - bleeding
KW - hematoma
KW - vitamin C
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U2 - 10.1080/00325481.2016.1189801
DO - 10.1080/00325481.2016.1189801
M3 - Article
C2 - 27177185
AN - SCOPUS:84978525027
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 128
SP - 629
EP - 631
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 6
ER -