Perifollicular haemorrhage with corkscrew hair due to scurvy

Postgrad Med J. 2015 Dec;91(1082):719-20. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133661. Epub 2015 Oct 27.

Authors

Juan Nicolas Lessing¹, Eric Daniel LaMotte², Ata Saba Moshiri³, Nicholas Maxwell Mark⁴

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Medicine Section, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
² Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

PMID: 26508719
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133661

No abstract available

Keywords: DERMATOLOGY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NUTRITION & DIETETICS.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diet / adverse effects*
Diet / psychology
Directive Counseling / methods
Hair Diseases / etiology*
Hair Diseases / pathology
Hair Follicle / abnormalities
Hair Follicle / pathology*
Humans
Male
Nutrition Assessment
Purpura / etiology*
Purpura / pathology
Scurvy / complications*
Scurvy / diagnosis*
Scurvy / pathology
Treatment Outcome