Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It?
Author(s) -
Vandan Shah,
Ruchit N. Shah,
Lauren Greene,
Lauren DiMarino
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2021/5519937
Subject(s) - medicine , scurvy , pulmonary hypertension , vitamin c
Pulmonary hypertension secondary to scurvy is a rare manifestation that historically has not been well studied and is only described in a handful of case reports.Case Our case is about a 35-year-old female with a history significant for drug and tobacco abuse, obesity, poor diet, anxiety, and major depressive disorder who was found to have severe pulmonary hypertension in the setting of vitamin C deficiency (<0.01 mg/L).Conclusion We present a case that shows pulmonary hypertension can be associated with scurvy and reversed rapidly with adequate vitamin C supplementation.
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