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Case Reports
. 2017 Mar 1:4:e29.
doi: 10.14309/crj.2017.29. eCollection 2017.

Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Scurvy in an Alcoholic Malnourished Cirrhotic Patient

Artur Sérgio Gião Antunes  1 , Bruno Peixe  1 , Horácio Guerreiro  1
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Case Reports

Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Scurvy in an Alcoholic Malnourished Cirrhotic Patient

Artur Sérgio Gião Antunes et al. ACG Case Rep J. .
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Periodontitis with gingival hypertrophy.
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Figure 2
Follicular hyperkeratosis and hairless legs.
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Figure 3
Intramucosal hemorrhages in the cecum and ascending colon.
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Figure 4
Cecum biopsies revealing mild infiltration of inflammatory cells and focal hemorrhage in the lamina propia.
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