Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It?
Introduction. Pulmonary hypertension secondary to scurvy is a rare manifestation that historically has not been well studied and is only described in a handful of case reports. Case. Our case is about a 35-year-old female with a history significant for drug and tobacco abuse, obesity, poor diet, anx...
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| description | Introduction. Pulmonary hypertension secondary to scurvy is a rare manifestation that historically has not been well studied and is only described in a handful of case reports. Case. Our case is about a 35-year-old female with a history significant for drug and tobacco abuse, obesity, poor diet, anxiety, and major depressive disorder who was found to have severe pulmonary hypertension in the setting of vitamin C deficiency (<0.01 mg/L). Conclusion. We present a case that shows pulmonary hypertension can be associated with scurvy and reversed rapidly with adequate vitamin C supplementation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ec2df33cccfc415fbe8ad75ed1b5ecdb2025-08-20T03:21:23ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352021-01-01202110.1155/2021/55199375519937Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It?Vandan Shah0Ruchit N. Shah1Lauren Greene2Lauren M. DiMarino3Geisinger Medical Center, 100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822, USAGeisinger Medical Center, 100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822, USAGeisinger Medical Center, 100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822, USAGeisinger Medical Center, 100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822, USAIntroduction. Pulmonary hypertension secondary to scurvy is a rare manifestation that historically has not been well studied and is only described in a handful of case reports. Case. Our case is about a 35-year-old female with a history significant for drug and tobacco abuse, obesity, poor diet, anxiety, and major depressive disorder who was found to have severe pulmonary hypertension in the setting of vitamin C deficiency (<0.01 mg/L). Conclusion. We present a case that shows pulmonary hypertension can be associated with scurvy and reversed rapidly with adequate vitamin C supplementation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5519937 |
| spellingShingle | Vandan Shah Ruchit N. Shah Lauren Greene Lauren M. DiMarino Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It? Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It? |
| title_full | Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It? |
| title_fullStr | Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It? |
| title_short | Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It? |
| title_sort | severe pulmonary hypertension in a patient with scurvy can a vitamin reverse it |
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