DEN SANI

A 13-year-old female patient arrived at the clinic with difficulty walking, fatigue, general malaise, generalized gingival edema with bleeding and purplish discoloration of the gums. She also presented with multiple perifollicular hemorrhages (small hemorrhagic spots around hair follicles) on her face and other areas of her body. A diagnosis of scurvy was made. This disease was common in the 15th-17th centuries during the great voyages of discovery due to severe vitamin C deficiency, but is uncommon today. The patient was urgently referred for hospital treatment. At the slightest sign of oral lesions, consult a dentist or directly a specialist in oral lesions (stomatologist).