Femoral Neuropathy in Scurvy
- 4 December 1969
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 281 (23) , 1292-1293
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196912042812309
Abstract
FEMORAL neuropathy may occur in various hemorrhagic disorders, but has not been recorded in scurvy. This is a report of the occurrence of bilateral femoral neuropathy in scurvy.Case ReportIn a study of the metabolism of L-ascorbic acid in experimentally induced scurvy, a healthy 26-year-old man (plasma ascorbic acid of 1.08 mg per 100 ml), who had given his informed consent, received no ascorbic acid for 91 days. On the 71st day he complained of numbness of the calves; hypesthesia to light touch and pinprick was present on the medial aspect of each calf (when the plasma ascorbic acid . . .Keywords
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