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Unilateral proptosis and extradural hematoma in a child with scurvy

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We report a 3-year-old boy with unilateral proptosis, painful swelling of the right thigh and aphasia. He had radiographic evidence of scurvy in the limbs and bilateral frontal extradural hematomas with a mass lesion in the left orbit on MRI. He was treated with vitamin C and on follow-up 8 weeks later had recovered with no evidence of the orbital mass on clinical or radiological study. Scurvy manifesting as proptosis and extradural hematoma is rare.

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We thank Prof. Arun Gupta, Department of Radiodiagnosis, for assistance and guidance during the preparation of this paper.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India, 110029

    Sumit Verma, Sindhu Sivanandan, Rachna Seth & Shushil Kabra

  2. Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

    Mangalasseril K. Aneesh & Vaibhav Gupta

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Verma, S., Sivanandan, S., Aneesh, M.K. et al. Unilateral proptosis and extradural hematoma in a child with scurvy. Pediatr Radiol 37, 937–939 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0543-9

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