%0 Journal Article
%T Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Scurvy in an Alcoholic Malnourished Cirrhotic Patient
%A Artur S¨Śrgio GiŁżo Antunes
%A Bruno Peixe
%A Hor¨˘cio Guerreiro
%J Archive of "ACG Case Reports Journal".
%D 2017
%R 10.14309/crj.2017.29
%X A 40-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 3-month history of asthenia, wasting, polyarthralgia, and bleeding gums. In the previous 24 hours he had multiple episodes of hematochezia without hemodynamic instability. His past medical history included alcoholism (120 g of ethanol per day for approximately one decade) and an unbalanced diet without any fresh vegetables or fruits
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5340658/