tailieunhanh - Scurvy presenting with limp and weakness: A case report

Scurvy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. Although presently rare in the developed world, scurvy was a common potentially fatal disease. In recent times, the most common risk factors for scurvy include alcoholism, low socioeconomic status, and severely poor nutrition or dietary restriction secondary to psychiatric illness or developmental disorders. | Lund et al. BMC Pediatrics 2019 19 228 https s12887--019-1605-5 CASE REPORT Open Access Scurvy presenting with limp and weakness a case report Check for updates Robin M. Lund1 Mara L. Becker2 Steven Shapiro3 Tyler Allison3 and Julia G. Harris3 Abstract Background Scurvy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. Although presently rare in the developed world scurvy was a common potentially fatal disease. In recent times the most common risk factors for scurvy include alcoholism low socioeconomic status and severely poor nutrition or dietary restriction secondary to psychiatric illness or developmental disorders. Our case demonstrates the importance of having a high index of clinical suspicion of an uncommon disease in developed countries and emphasizes the necessity of a dietary screening that could potentially reduce extensive work-up in patients with nonspecific complaints. Case presentation We report a case of a 3-year-old previously healthy female originally seen in the rheumatology clinic for limp. She developed weakness and was admitted to the hospital for further evaluation. She underwent extensive diagnostic testing including blood work magnetic resonance imaging lumbar puncture electromyogram and nerve conduction studies. Ultimately her vitamin C level returned undetectable. She had immediate and complete improvement upon starting vitamin C supplementation. Conclusions Despite being developmentally appropriate our patient s refusal to eat fruits or vegetables had limited her diet emphasizing the importance of obtaining a diet history in a child presenting with an unknown diagnosis. In addition our patient had no other characteristic features of scurvy which further supports the need to consider this diagnosis in a child presenting with lower extremity weakness or abnormal gait. Keywords Scurvy Difficulty walking Muscle weakness Background Scurvy is characterized by a deficiency of vitamin C also known as ascorbic acid a water-soluble .

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