Lessons learned from "the great mimicker disease": A retrospective study of 18 patients with scurvy.
Faisal MirajI Wayan Arya Mahendra KardaAli AbdullahEugene DionysiosPublished in: Journal of children's orthopaedics (2023)
The diagnosis of scurvy is frequently delayed due to its extreme rarity in modern society and its ability to mimic numerous other conditions. In children presenting with limb pain and/or reluctance to walk and pathognomonic radiological findings, physicians must prioritize scurvy as a differential diagnosis. In scurvy, vitamin C supplementation is curative.