scorbuto

Un bambino proprio scorbutico

Sarno E, Bonauguri E, Iacono A, Biserna L, Monti E, Marchetti F.

2026/6 — pag. 391-393 — DOI

A 3-year-old boy with psychomotor delay and marked dietary selectivity (complete avoidance of fruits and vegetables) presented with refusal to walk, lower limb pain held in an antalgic flexed posture, cutaneous haemorrhagic spots, ecchymoses and spon...

Un’artralgia che co... vava qualcosa

Stella A, Iacono A, Magno C, Fichera F, Schilleci A, Cassata N.

2026/6 — pag. 388-390 — DOI

This unforgettable case describes a 4-year-old girl with Jacobsen syndrome and a history of highly selective eating (no fresh fruit or vegetables) who presented with anaemia, arthralgia and sudden refusal to bear weight after a minor knee injury. Phy...

Un bambino che zoppica: quando meno te lo aspetti

Cunsolo M, Gazzitano L, Alizzi C, Panzuto F, Corsello G.

2025/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

A 19-month-old boy arrived at the emergency room with inconsolable crying and refusal to walk. MRI revealed bone changes consistent with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy). His history showed a diet almost exclusively based on milk and gingival bleeding. ...

Lo scorbuto, segnale di allarme di un disturbo dello spettro autistico

Liuzzo Scorpo M, Corsello G, Maggio MC.

2022/8 — pag. 524-526 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 3-year-old girl with bleeding gums and leg pain finally diagnosed with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). The increased risk of developing scurvy due to a restricted diet in children...

Occhio… alla chemosi congiuntivale

Puma A, Pecoraro L, Dalle Carbonare L, Flore A, Piacentini G, Pietrobelli A.

2021/9 — pag. 596-596 — DOI

Un bambino di 4 anni si presentava alla nostra attenzione per improvvisa comparsa a domicilio di tumefazione oculare destra associata a prurito oculare e lacrimazione omolaterale, in assenza di altri sintomi. Presenza di edema della congiuntiva bulba...

Scorbuto: ancora un problema dei nostri giorni?

Grieco C, Alessio M.

2021/9 — pag. 595-596 — DOI

Scurvy is a condition due to chronic ascorbic acid deficiency, responsible for vascular fragility and impaired bone formation. The result is gingival bleeding, petechial lesions, articular and bone pain or limb swelling. Children may also present wit...

Scorbuto: ancora un problema dei nostri giorni?

Grieco C, Alessio M

2021/9 — pag. 270-272 — DOI

Scurvy is a condition due to chronic ascorbic acid deficiency responsible for vascular fragility and impaired bone formation. The result is gingival bleeding, petechial lesions and articular and bone pain or limb swelling. Children may also present w...

Dolori osteoarticolari persistenti: forse manca qualcosa?

A. Arduini, V. Di Ruscio

2019/9 — pag. 231-232

Scorbuto 2017 attraverso i casi

E. Conversano, R. Bergamaschi, G. Ingrasciotta, A. Martoni, S. Monti, M. Cattalini

2017/6 — pag. 365-370

Scurvy is an uncommon presentation of vitamin deficiency that in our century is becoming more and more common, especially in patients with cognitive disorder. Being an uncommon disease, diagnosis is often delayed and can lead to unnecessary complex...