| Autor: |
Saed Alnaimat, MD, Abdullahi Oseni, MD, Ying Yang, MD, Vinesh Melvani, MD, Adam Aronson, MD, Katherine Harris, MD, Sidakpal Panaich, MD |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
JACC: Case Reports, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 192-196 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2666-0849 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.006 |
| Popis: |
Scurvy is a disorder of vitamin C deficiency which leads to vascular fragility and multisystemic complications. The paper presents a case of scurvy resulting in cardiac tamponade in addition to its classic manifestations. Life-threatening tamponade is an extreme presentation of scurvy and has not been reported in modern publications to the best of the present authors’ knowledge. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) |
| Databáze: |
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