Open AccessEscorbuto en la adolescencia: reporte de un caso
Author(s) -
M Sofía Rittatore,
Soraya El Kik,
Mariela F Ferrari,
Gabriela Krochik,
Daniel Casim,
Fabiana Quatrone
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2022.e137
Subject(s) - medicine , anamnesis , humanities , scurvy , gynecology , pediatrics , vitamin c , philosophy
Scurvy is a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency. Although it is currently rare, risk groups in the pediatric population are described in the bibliography, including patients with eating disorders. We report the case of an 11-year-old male adolescent who developed the disease due to a selective eating habit, without fruits or vegetables. The objective of this report is to highlight the importance of complete food anamnesis in consultation with the health team, which allows to suspect and detect early and timely micronutrient deficiency disorders such as scurvy.