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Scurvy in liver transplant patients.

Hatuel H, Buffet M, Mateus C, Calmus Y, Carlotti A, Dupin N

Department of Dermatology, Cochin Hospital APHP, Faculty of Medicine Paris 5, University of René Descartes, Paris, France.

We report on scurvy in 3 liver transplant recipients. Clinical presentation was limited to ecchymotic purpura and mild follicular keratosis with no mucosal involvement. Skin biopsies suggest vitamin C deficiency, which was confirmed by a low level of vitamin C in both sera and leukocyte specimens. Skin lesions dramatically improved within a few weeks after supplementation with ascorbic acid.

Published 19 June 2006 in J Am Acad Dermatol, 55(1): 154-6.
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