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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