No longer a historical ailment: two cases of childhood scurvy with recommendations for bone health providers.
E D AltenA ChaturvediM CullimoreA A FallonL HabbenI HughesN T O'MalleyH RahimiD Renodin-MeadB L SchmidtG A WeinbergDavid R WeberPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
Scurvy can no longer be considered a historical diagnosis and should not be forgotten when evaluating children with musculoskeletal ailments. Early recognition of the signs, symptoms, and imaging findings of scurvy can reduce the clinical burden of this disease with the timely initiation of vitamin C therapy.