• Ugeskrift for laeger · Feb 2012

    Case Reports

    [Scurvy is not entirely a historical disease].

    • Lars B Stolle, Erik Heidemann, and Morten Bischoff-Mikkelsen.
    • Plastikkirurgisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital, 5000 Odense, Denmark. stolle@ki.au.dk
    • Ugeskr. Laeg. 2012 Feb 20; 174 (8): 499-500.

    AbstractScurvy, lack of vitamin C, is a rare disease and is often called seafarers' disease. This case story describes a 36 year-old female patient with scurvy after a gastric bypass operation. Scurvy led to severed bullae on the skin, haemorrhagia and loose skin. After intensive care treatment and a minor split skin graft the patient was discharged from the university hospital to a local hospital for further mobilization. Three months later the patient died due to sepsis.

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