Pellagra: A Non-Eradicated Old Disease

Savvoula Savvidou

doi:10.4081/cp.2014.637

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Case Report

28 April 2014

Pellagra: A Non-Eradicated Old Disease

1^st Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Clin. Pract.2014, 4(1), 637;https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2014.637

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Abstract

We report a case of a 50-year old homeless male who presented with pellagra and pellagrous encephalopathy. The characteristic - if not pathognomonic - skin lesions of pellagra support its diagnosis on solely clinical grounds. Clinicians should keep a high index of suspicion, in certain patient groups, in order to early diagnose and cure this potentially fatal but treatable disease.

Keywords:

pellagra; niacin; vitamin B3 deficiency; pellagrous encephalopathy

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