ArticleCase reports in medicine2021
Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Scurvy: Can a Vitamin Reverse It?
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vitamin C deficiency can lead to pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review of case reports.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Addressing micronutrient deficiencies and vitamin metabolism disorders in pediatric pulmonary hypertension: a strategic proposal for low- and middle-income countries.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Reversible severe pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure with cardiogenic shock due to scurvy: a case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2023Article
- Scurvy-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionPulmonary 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).
conclusionWe present a case that shows pulmonary hypertension can be associated with scurvy and reversed rapidly with adequate vitamin C supplementation.
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