MR imaging in a child with scurvy: a case report

Korean J Radiol. 2007 Sep-Oct;8(5):443-7. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2007.8.5.443.

Abstract

Scurvy is very rare disease in industrialized societies. Nevertheless, it still exists in higher risk groups including economically disadvantaged populations with poor nutrition, such as the elderly and chronic alcoholics. The incidence of scurvy in the pediatric population is very low. This study reports a case of scurvy in a 5-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and developmental delay based on MRI findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ascorbic Acid / blood
  • Ascorbic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Bone Diseases, Metabolic / etiology
  • Cerebral Palsy / complications
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholecalciferol / blood
  • Developmental Disabilities / complications
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Femur / diagnostic imaging
  • Femur / pathology
  • Femur / surgery
  • Fever / etiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hematoma / diagnosis
  • Hematoma / etiology
  • Hematoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Knee / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Muscle Weakness / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Rare Diseases
  • Scurvy / complications
  • Scurvy / diagnosis*
  • Scurvy / drug therapy
  • Thigh / pathology
  • Vitamins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Vitamins
  • Cholecalciferol
  • Ascorbic Acid