Scurvy Presenting as Painful Gait With Bruising in a Young Boy | Zendy

Yoichi Tamura | Zendy; Derek C. Welch | Zendy; John A. Zic | Zendy; William O. Cooper | Zendy; Sharon M. Stein | Zendy; Donna S. Hummell | Zendy

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Scurvy Presenting as Painful Gait With Bruising in a Young Boy

Author(s) -

Yoichi Tamura,

Derek C. Welch,

John A. Zic,

William O. Cooper,

Sharon M. Stein,

Donna S. Hummell

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.154.7.732

Subject(s) - scurvy , ascorbic acid , medicine , pediatrics , disease , socioeconomic status , ascorbic acid deficiency , gait , physical therapy , vitamin c , environmental health , biology , population , food science

A case of scurvy occurred in an apparently well-nourished 5-year-old boy with normal growth parameters. Only after the diagnosis of scurvy was raised on clinical grounds did we discover the peculiar dietary habits that were responsible for his deficiency of ascorbic acid. His case is a reminder to the clinician that nutritionally based disease may occur in any socioeconomic setting and that nutritional screening remains an important part of every child's general health care.

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