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Novak Kujundžić R. COVID-19: Are We Facing Secondary Pellagra Which Cannot Simply Be Cured by Vitamin B3? Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23084309. [PMID: 35457123 PMCID: PMC9032523 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and ensuing inflammation pose a huge challenge to the host’s nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) metabolism. Humans depend on vitamin B3 for biosynthesis of NAD+, indispensable for many metabolic and NAD+-consuming signaling reactions. The balance between its utilization and resynthesis is vitally important. Many extra-pulmonary symptoms of COVID-19 strikingly resemble those of pellagra, vitamin B3 deficiency (e.g., diarrhoea, dermatitis, oral cavity and tongue manifestations, loss of smell and taste, mental confusion). In most developed countries, pellagra is successfully eradicated by vitamin B3 fortification programs. Thus, conceivably, it has not been suspected as a cause of COVID-19 symptoms. Here, the deregulation of the NAD+ metabolism in response to the SARS-CoV-2 infection is reviewed, with special emphasis on the differences in the NAD+ biosynthetic pathway’s efficiency in conditions predisposing for the development of serious COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced NAD+ depletion and the elevated levels of its metabolites contribute to the development of a systemic disease. Acute liberation of nicotinamide (NAM) in antiviral NAD+-consuming reactions potentiates “NAM drain”, cooperatively mediated by nicotinamide N-methyltransferase and aldehyde oxidase. “NAM drain” compromises the NAD+ salvage pathway’s fail-safe function. The robustness of the host’s NAD+ salvage pathway, prior to the SARS-CoV-2 infection, is an important determinant of COVID-19 severity and persistence of certain symptoms upon resolution of infection.
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- Renata Novak Kujundžić
- Laboratory for Epigenomics, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Schlomer T, Di Lucca J, Bart PA. [Cutaneous manifestations of nutritional deficiencies]. Rev Med Suisse 2019; 15:2125-2130. [PMID: 31746568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In elderly or chronically ill patients, nutritional deficiencies are common and the presence of related skin lesions is not unusual. Recognition of such cutaneous involvement is important regarding the diagnosis essentially based on clinical elements. By using some clinical case reports, we will describe several pathologies related to nutritional deficiencies like scurvy, pellagra and acquired acrodermatitis enteropathica.
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- Tatiana Schlomer
- Service de médecine interne, Département de médecine, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne
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- Service de dermatologie, Département de médecine, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne
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This article explores the extent to which the bacterial concept of disease acted as an obstacle to the understanding of deficiency diseases, by focusing on explorations into the cause of pellagra in the early twentieth century. In 1900, pellagra had been epidemic in Italy for 150 years and was soon to become so in the United States, yet the responses of medical investigators differed substantially. To account for these, the article reconstructs the sharply contrasting reactions to a provocative theory proposed by Louis Sambon. Applying a tropical diseases approach to pellagra, Sambon argued that pellagra had nothing at all to do with maize consumption, as the Italians had long thought, but was caused by the bite of a parasite-carrying insect. Italian pellagrologists, involved in a dogmatic quest for a toxin in maize, and with pellagra rates there on the decline, marginalized the Sambon hypothesis. By contrast, in the United States, with pellagra on the rise, the dominant infectious paradigm put Sambon center stage, his proposed etiology shaping the earliest American investigations. When the deficiency disease concept gained currency in 1913, the relatively closed world of Italian pellagrology was wrong-footed, while the more open-ended U.S. community was better able to follow up the new lead. The article discusses what these shifts and the resulting controversies reveal about the medical contexts. The actor-centered approach, with reaction to Sambon's intervention as a kind of test-case, is the key to understanding these controversies and why they mattered.
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Leonhard N, Aeberhard C, Birrenbach T, Stanga Z. [An Uncommon Diagnosis]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2015; 104:1151-1156. [PMID: 26463907 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a002163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report on a 61-year-old patient who suffered from severe protein-energy malnutrition due to an inadequately treated exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. In this context, a thiamine deficiency was not recognized and there were clinical manifestations of beriberi disease with decompensated biventricular heart failure. In the course of time, a manifest niacin deficiency (pellagra) with dermatitis, diarrhea and persistent delirium occurred, which was recognized and could be treated. We highlight differential diagnostic considerations about the consequences and the treatment of malnutrition, with special focus on the classical deficiency diseases beriberi and pellagra.
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- Nicole Leonhard
- 1 Universitätsklinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Klinische Ernährung, Inselspital Bern
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- 2 Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital, Inselspital Bern
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- 2 Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital, Inselspital Bern
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- 1 Universitätsklinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Klinische Ernährung, Inselspital Bern
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A 27-year-old woman presented with persistent dryness of the mouth and eyes. She presented with permanent photodistributed rash involving the face and distal extremities. Laboratory tests showed positive Sjögren's syndrome (SS)-A and SS-B antibodies. Histological examination of minor salivary gland biopsy revealed inflammatory infiltration grade 4 according to Chisholm's classification. Skin biopsy showed acanthosis, hyperkeratosis in the epidermis and little inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis. There was an infiltration of CD4 T lymphocytes in the dermis. Based on the characteristics of the dermatitis and on a rapid response to niacin replacement, the diagnosis of pellagra was carried out. A complete resolution of the dermatological signs was obtained within 2 months. To the best of our knowledge, the association between primary SS and pellagra has never been reported. We emphasise the possible mechanisms of this association.
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- Imed Ben Ghorbel
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Pathology, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Rosmaninho A, Sanches M, Fernandes IC, Pinto-Almeida T, Vilaça S, Oliveira A, Selores M. Letter: Pellagra as the initial presentation of Crohn disease. Dermatol Online J 2012; 18:12. [PMID: 22559027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Pellagra is a nutritional disease caused by the deficiency of niacin. We describe a case of pellagra as the initial presentation of Crohn disease, which has been rarely described in the literature.
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Niacin is defined collectively as nicotinamide and nicotinic acid, both of which fulfill the vitamin functions of niacin carried out by the bioactive forms NAD(P). In the last few decades numerous new enzymes that consume NAD(P) as substrates have been identified. The functions of these enzymes are emerging as exciting paradigm shifts, even though they are in early stages of discovery. The recent identification of the nicotinic acid receptor has allowed distinction of the drug-like roles of nicotinic acid from its vitamin functions, specifically in modulating blood lipid levels and undesirable side effects such as skin vasodilation and the more rare hepatic toxicities. This information has led to a new strategy for drug delivery for niacin, which, if successful, could have a major impact on human health through decreasing risk for cardiovascular disease. Understanding the many other effects of niacin has much broader potential for disease intervention and treatment in numerous diseases including cancer.
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- Elaine L Jacobson
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA,
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Sato M, Matsumura Y, Kojima A, Nakashima C, Katoh M, Kore-Eda S, Miyachi Y. Pellagra-like erythema on sun-exposed skin of patients with anorexia nervosa. J Dermatol 2011; 38:1037-40. [PMID: 21592198 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Patrizi A, Bianchi F, Volpi L, Lesi C, Andrini L, Fantoni E, Neri I. Pellagroid dermatitis during a ketogenic diet and anti-epileptic therapy. Eur J Dermatol 2010; 20:827-828. [PMID: 20940114 DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Futoshi Shintani
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo Musashino Hospital, Tokyo, 17-0037, Japan.
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Nogueira A, Duarte AF, Magina S, Azevedo F. Pellagra associated with esophageal carcinoma and alcoholism. Dermatol Online J 2009; 15:8. [PMID: 19624986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Pellagra is a nutritional disease caused by the deficiency of niacin. It presents with a photodistributed rash, gastrointestinal symptoms, and neuropsychiatric disturbances. In the Western world, this disease is mostly confined to alcoholics or the impoverished. However, this condition must be recognized in other clinical settings because it is easily treated and can be fatal if not identified. We describe a case of pellagra caused by esophageal carcinoma and alcoholism; we also review the literature.
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- Ana Nogueira
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital S João, EPE, Porto, Portugal.
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A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR LEUCINE IN NIACIN BIOSYNTHESIS AND IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PELLAGRA. Nutr Rev 2009; 21:334-336. [PMID: 14087054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1963.tb04695.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Pipili C, Cholongitas E, Ioannidou D. The diagnostic importance of photosensitivity dermatoses in chronic alcoholism: report of two cases. Dermatol Online J 2008; 14:15. [PMID: 19094853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Many of the vitamin deficiency diseases have been almost completely eliminated in developed countries. Niacin deficiency is considered one of them. However, cases of pellagra are recently reported in West Europe, USA, Australia, and Japan in connection with chronic alcoholism, gastrointestinal malabsorption, and some medications. We report two cases of pellagra, manifesting as photosensitivity dermatoses with mental deterioration in chronic alcoholic abusers in the Mediterranean basin, the island of Crete in Greece. The report highlights the fact that all physicians should be alerted to photosensitivity dermatoses in alcoholics; early treatment with multiple vitamin therapy, including nicotinic acid should be initiated in these patients.
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- Chrisoula Pipili
- Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Sitia, GR 72300, Greece.
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- John Middleton
- Sandwell Primary Care Trust, West Bromwich, West Midlands, UK.
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A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital in May 2006 because of gait disturbance, delirium and myoclonus along with dermatitis and diarrhea. Those symptoms became worse in 3 months. He had undergone a gastrectomy, including a fundectomy and jejunal pouch interposition, for early gastric cancer at the age of 65 years. He had no habit of drinking alcohol or unbalanced diet. The triad of typical dermatitis, delirium, and diarrhea led to a diagnosis of pellagra, and all the symptoms disappeared after intravenous administration of nicotinate and vitamins. With a gastrectomy, fundectomy performed with jejunal pouch interposition has been regarded as a superior method for postoperative nutrition, but may cause vitamin deficiency. Thus, vitamin deficiency must be considered as a potential cause in neurologic patients who underwent surgical treatment for disorders of digestive tract, regardless of the procedure utilized.
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Tremeschin MH, Cervi MC, Camelo Júnior JS, Negrini BVDM, Martinez FE, Motta F, Meirelles MSDS, Vanucchhi H, Monteiro JP. Niacin nutritional status in HIV type 1-positive children: preliminary data. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2007; 44:629-33. [PMID: 17460498 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e3180308da2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE HIV infection induces a state of pellagra in cell culture models. This study compared the nutritional status and the 24-hour urine excretion of N-methylnicotinamide between HIV-positive children and HIV-negative children who were or were not born of mothers with HIV-1 infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty patients were included in the study: HIV-positive children (group 1; n = 20), HIV-negative children born to infected mothers (group 2; n = 10), and HIV-negative control children (group 3; n = 10). Usual dietary intake was assessed by a semiquantitative food-frequency questionnaire. Weight and height were assessed and compared with the reference data of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the estimation of fat-free mass and total body water, bioelectrical impedance technique was used. N-methylnicotinamide was measured by a modified method of high-performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS Groups were matched in relation to age, sex, percentage of malnutrition, anthropometric measures, and body composition. Daily niacin intake did not differ statistically across groups (group 1 = 18.0 +/- 11.4 mg/day; group 2 = 18.9 +/- 8.0 mg/day; group 3 = 14.2 +/- 5.2 mg/day), nor did intake of tryptophan, vitamin B6, and zinc. The values of urinary niacin per gram of creatinine were similar and adequate across the groups (group 1 = 4.68 [0.75-14.9]; group 2 = 3.74 [1.13-5.69]; group 3 = 3.85 [1.80-8.19]). CONCLUSIONS HIV-positive children excreted the same amount of N-methylnicotinamide in urine as did the control children. These findings may be attributed to similarities in nutritional status, adequate intestinal absorption (no children experienced diarrhea) and stable clinical condition.
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Varella Morandi Junqueira-Franco M, Ernesto Troncon L, Garcia Chiarello P, do Rosário Del Lama Unamuno M, Afonso Jordao A, Vannucchi H. Intestinal permeability and oxidative stress in patients with alcoholic pellagra. Clin Nutr 2006; 25:977-83. [PMID: 16713031 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2006.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2005] [Revised: 03/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Increased intestinal permeability is one of the grastointestinal changes observed in alcoholic patients. However, there are no objective definitions as yet of how alcohol induces pathological changes in the various organs. The action of oxygen-free radicals during ethanol metabolism has been considered a determinant factor of these alterations. The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of niacin supplementation on intestinal permeability and oxidative stress in patients with alcoholic pellagra. METHODS The study was divided into two phases: in Phase 1 we studied ten patients with pellagra before treatment with niacin, and in Phase 2 we studied the same patients after 27 days of treatment with niacin. Intestinal permeability was assessed by the (51)CrEDTA test and the antioxidant action of niacin supplementation was assessed by the determination of lipid peroxidation (plasma malondialdehyde, MDA), protein oxidation (plasma carbonyl group) and of the antioxidants plasma vitamin E and erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase. RESULTS Comparison of intestinal permeability by the (51)CrEDTA test before and after niacin treatment showed a significant decrease in permeability from 4.29+/-1.92% to 1.90+/-1.19% (P<0.05). Assessment of oxidative stress showed a significant decrease (P<0.05) in lipid and protein peroxidation (MDA: 1.19+/-0.40-0.89+/-0.27 micromol/l; carbonyl groups: 2.22+/-0.36-1.84+/-0.40 nmol/mg protein). CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that niacin and vitamin E deficiency in patients with pellagra could be important factors in increased intestinal permeability and decreased antioxidant conditions, recovering to normal values after treatment with niacin, associated to alcohol abstinence and a balanced diet.
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- Márcia Varella Morandi Junqueira-Franco
- Internal Medicine Department, Division of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Goldberger J. The etiology of pellagra. 1914. Public Health Rep 2006; 121 Suppl 1:77-9; discussion 76. [PMID: 16550768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023] Open
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- J M Spector
- Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.
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Pitche PT. [Pellagra]. Sante 2005; 15:205-8. [PMID: 16207585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Pellagra is a systemic disturbance caused by a cellular deficiency of niacin, resulting from inadequate dietary nicotinic acid and/or its precursors, the essential amino-acid tryptophan. In Europe and North America cases of pellagra are rarely encountered, but in some developing countries this disease is frequent, and is the most frequent clinical feature of nutritional deficiency of adult. The principal causes of pellagra are: nutritional niacin deficiency; chronic alcoholism; gastro-intestinal malabsorption; some medications (5-fluoro-uracil, isoniazid, pyrazinamide ehtionamide, 6-mercaptopurine, hydantoins, phenobarbital and chloramphenicol). The diagnosis of pellagra is based on the patient's history and the presence of "3 D syndrome": dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia. The dermatitis caused by pellagra is a bilaterally symmetrical erythema at the sites of solar exposure. The dermatitis begins in the form of an erythema with acute or intermittent onset gradually changing to an exsudative eruption on the dorsa of the hand, face, neck, and chest with pruritus and burning. Acute dermatitis of pellagra resembles sunburn in the first stages, sometimes with vesicles and bullae. The gastro-intestinal disturbances are: anorexia, nausea, epigastric discomfort and chronic or recurrent diarrhea. Anorexia and malabsorbative diarrhea lead to a state of malnutrition and cachexia. Stools are typically watery, but occasionally can be bloody and mucoid. Neuropsychologic manifestation included photophobia, asthenia, depression, hallucinations, confusions, memory loss and psychosis. As pellagra advances, patient become disoriented, confused and delirious; then stuporous and finally die. Pathological changes in the skin is non-specific, there are no chemical tests available to definitively diagnose pellagra. However low levels of urinary excretion of N-methylnicotinamide and pyridone indicates niacin deficiency. The treatment of pellagra consisted to exogenous administration of niacin or nicotinamide cures. Topical management of skin lesions with emollients may reduce discomfort. The therapy should also include other B vitamins, zinc and magnesium as well as a diet rich in calories. The prevention is based in the nutritional education (food sources of niacin: eggs, bran, peanuts, meat, poultry, fish, red meat, legumes and seeds), and the eviction of alcohol.
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- Palokinam T Pitche
- Service de dermatologie, CHU-Tokoin, Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de Lomé, BP 81056 Lomé, Togo.
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Tutor-Ureta P, Yebra-Bango M, Mellor-Pita S, Salas-Antón C. Caso 1. Lesiones hiperpigmentadas y fotosensibles asociadas a síndrome carcinoide. Rev Clin Esp 2005; 205:297; discussion 300-1. [PMID: 15970140 DOI: 10.1157/13076155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- P Tutor-Ureta
- Servicios de Medicina Interna, Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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Monteiro JP, da Cunha DF, Filho DC, Silva-Vergara ML, dos Santos VM, da Costa JC, Etchebehere RM, Gonçalves J, de Carvalho da Cunha SF, Jordão AA, Chiarello PG, Vannucchi H. Niacin metabolite excretion in alcoholic pellagra and AIDS patients with and without diarrhea. Nutrition 2005; 20:778-82. [PMID: 15325687 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Malnourished patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) can develop pellagra-like manifestations such as dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia; therefore, we tested the hypothesis that patients with AIDS and diarrhea would have niacin depletion. This study compared 24-h urine excretion of N1-methyl-nicotinamide (N1MN) among patients with pellagra and patients with AIDS who did and did not have diarrhea. METHODS Three groups were studied: G1 (patients with AIDS and diarrhea, n = 5); G2 (patients with AIDS and no diarrhea, n = 7), and G3 (patients with alcoholic pellagra and without the human immunodeficiency virus, n = 8). Diarrhea was defined as the production of at least three liquid stools per day over 3 to 5 d. Studies included mucosal intestinal biopsy, malabsorption tests, detection of parasites in stool, and serum albumin measurements. Semiquantitative food-frequency questionnaire, anthropometry, and daily urinary N1MN excretion were also determined. Groups were matched in relation to age, sex, presence of parasites in stool, and intestinal absorption results. RESULTS G1 had normal intestinal examination by light microscopy and no parasites in stools. G2 group showed lower levels of serum albumin (2.6 +/- 0.3 g/dL) when compared with G1 (3.4 +/- 0.3 g/dL) and G3 (3.1 +/- 0.7 g/dL). Except for patients with pellagra, groups met their energy requirements. Patients in G3 (0.013, 0.01-0.081 mg/dL) and G1 (0.062, 0.001-0.33 mg/dL) excreted smaller amounts of N1MN in urine than did those in G2 (0.63, 0.02-2.9 mg/dL). CONCLUSIONS Patients with AIDS and diarrhea excreted less N1MN in urine than did those without diarrhea. These patients may have an impaired niacin nutritional status, possibly associated with increased metabolic needs.
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Wierzbicka E, Machet L, Karsenti D, Fontès V, Machet MC, Guitton-Oudet E, Lorette G. Colonisation bactérienne chronique de l’intestin grêle révélée par un érythème pellagroïde et une panniculite. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2005; 132:140-2. [PMID: 15798565 DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(05)79226-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Pellagra is an exceptional disorder in France. The classical description of pellagra associates a photoinduced rash with neurological impairment and intestinal dysfunction. Without adapted treatment, the progression is fatal. CASE REPORT A 62 year-old women developed a photoinduced rash, composed of circular and erythematous elements with pustular edges. She also had panniculitis, peripheral neuropathy, depressive mood and diarrhea. Her medical past was marked by epilepsy treated with sodium valproate and hydantoin. Biological exams revealed lowered plasma levels of vitamins PP, B1, B6 and zinc, secondary to intestinal impairment induced by bacteria proliferating in the small intestine. The rash resolved with vitamin PP and zinc supplementation. The bacterial colonisation was improved by long-term, sequential antibiotics. DISCUSSION We report a rare clinical form of pellagroid rash. The rash was induced by chronic malabsorption resulting from excessive bacterial proliferation in the diverticules of the small intestine. The antiepileptic treatment could have facilitated vitamin PP et zinc deficiency. Panniculitis was related to the bacterial proliferation. We discuss in this paper the relationship between some vitamin deficiencies, their clinical manifestations and the direct role of intestinal bacterial proliferation in the cutaneous manifestations.
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Beretich GR. Do high leucine/low tryptophan dieting foods (yogurt, gelatin) with niacin supplementation cause neuropsychiatric symptoms (depression) but not dermatological symptoms of pellagra? Med Hypotheses 2005; 65:628-9. [PMID: 15913906 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pellagra is caused by nicotinic acid deficiency; it is rarely encountered in developed countries, and it is mainly related to poverty and malnutrition, as well as with chronic alcoholism. We report the case of an alcoholic patient who was diagnosed with pellagra and administered B-complex vitamin tablets that did not contain niacin. A few weeks later, the patient developed nervousness, irritability, insomnia and, consequently, delusional ideas and hallucinations, for which he had to be hospitalized. After his admission, the patient manifested loss of consciousness and myoclonus. All of his symptoms (cutaneous, neurological, and psychiatric) resolved fully with treatment with niacin in combination with other B-complex vitamins. All undiagnosed encephalopathies in alcoholic patients should be treated with multiple vitamin therapy, including nicotinic acid.
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Pellagra defines systemic disease as resulting from a marked cellular deficiency of niacin. It is characterized by 4 "D's": diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death. Diagnosis of pellagra is difficult in the absence of the skin lesions, and is often facilitated by the presence of characteristic ones. The dermatitis begins as an erythema. Acute pellagra resembles sunburn in its first stages, but tanning occurs more slowly than typically in sunburn. Exacerbation follows re-exposure to sunlight. In this work we review the findings of this once mysterious disorder, one that still challenges clinicians world-wide.
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- Juraj Hegyi
- Department of Pediatric Dermatovenerology, Comenius University Medical School, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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van der Horst-Schrivers ANA, Wymenga ANM, Links TP, Willemse PHB, Kema IP, de Vries EGE. Complications of midgut carcinoid tumors and carcinoid syndrome. Neuroendocrinology 2004; 80 Suppl 1:28-32. [PMID: 15477713 DOI: 10.1159/000080737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The carcinoid syndrome, associated with carcinoid tumors of the midgut, consists of symptoms such as diarrhea, flushing, wheezing and cardiovascular symptoms. This review focuses on these symptoms and discusses therapeutic options. The symptoms are caused by the secretion of biogenic amines, polypeptides and other factors of which serotonin is the most prominent. However, diarrhea is also due to factors such as malabsorption. Besides antitumor therapy, more specific interventions such as serotonin receptor blockers can be useful. The carcinoid heart disease involves the tricuspid and pulmonary valve. In the pathogenesis, serotonin plays a central role. The therapeutic approach is mostly symptomatic. Other cardiovascular complications include bowel ischemia and hypertension. Pellagra and psychiatric symptoms are due to a depletion of tryptophan, which is consumed by the carcinoid tumor for serotonin synthesis. Finally, follow-up and clinical practice of patients with carcinoid tumors are discussed.
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Moriwaka F. [Nicotinic acid]. Nihon Rinsho 2004; 62 Suppl:373-5. [PMID: 15011388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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- Fumio Moriwaka
- School of Psychological Science, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
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Prousky JE. Pellagra may be a rare secondary complication of anorexia nervosa: a systematic review of the literature. Altern Med Rev 2003; 8:180-5. [PMID: 12777163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Pellagra is a nutritional wasting disease attributable to a combined deficiency of tryptophan and niacin (nicotinic acid). It is characterized clinically by four classic symptoms often referred to as the four Ds: diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death. Prior to the development of these symptoms, other nonspecific symptoms insidiously manifest and mostly affect the dermatological, neuropsychiatric, and gastrointestinal systems. A review of the literature reveals several case reports describing pellagra in patients with anorexia nervosa. The most common features of pellagra in patients with anorexia nervosa are cutaneous manifestations such as erythema on sun-exposed areas, glossitis, and stomatitis. Health care providers might consider a trial of 150-500 mg niacin if anorexic patients exhibit these cutaneous findings. Pellagra can be diagnosed if cutaneous symptoms resolve within 24-48 hours after oral niacin administration. To further corroborate a diagnosis of pellagra in anorexic patients, specific 24-hour urine tests for niacin metabolites and 5-hydroxy-indole-acetic acid could be run prior to treatment with niacin being instituted. Other factors, such as mycotoxins, excessive dietary leucine intake (although not in anorexia), estrogens and progestogens, carcinoid syndrome, and various medications, might also lead to the development of pellagra. Although pellagra appears to be a rare, yet possible secondary complication of anorexia nervosa, it should be considered in the work-up of patients who exhibit cutaneous manifestations subsequent to sunlight exposure.
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- Jonathan E Prousky
- Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1255 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2K 1E2.
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Koga H, Yuzuriha T. [Pellagra's encephalopathy]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2003:458-61. [PMID: 14626160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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- Hiroshi Koga
- Center for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Hizen National Hospital
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Watanabe T, Akiyama K. [Vitamin deficiency]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2003:378-82. [PMID: 14626143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Shibata K, Fukuwatari T, Murakami M, Sasaki R. Increase in Conversion of Tryptophan to Niacin in Pregnant Rats. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2003; 527:435-41. [PMID: 15206761 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0135-0_51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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There is the report that the deaths by pellagra in women is approximately twofold excess that in men. In the present experiment, in order to clarify a factor in the etiology of pellagra in female and to get basic information how much niacin should be supplemented in pregnant state, we investigated the effects of pregnant on the metabolism of tryptophan to niacin in rats. The daily urine samples were collected from day -17 and day +6 (the delivery day was designated as day 0) and the intermediates of tryptophan to niacin were measured. The metabolites such as kynurenic acid, xanthurenic acid, anthranilic acid, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, quinolinic acid, N1-methylnicotinamide, N1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide, N1-methyl-4-pyridone-3-carboxamide were increased with progress in pregnant and returned to normal levels after the delivery. The catabolism of tryptophan is accelerated during pregnancy, indicataing that pregnancy would not be an etiology of pellagra and no niacin supplement needs but tryptohan supplement would need.
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- Katsumi Shibata
- Laboratories of Food Science and Nutrition, Department of Life Style Studies, School of Human Cultures, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan
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Ishikawa Y. [Niacin deficiency disease(pellagra)]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2001:91-3. [PMID: 11031902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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- Y Ishikawa
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ohtawara Red Cross Hospital
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Lorentzen HF, Fugleholm AM, Weismann K. [Zinc deficiency and pellagra in alcohol abuse]. Ugeskr Laeger 2000; 162:6854-6. [PMID: 11187143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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We report two cases of nutritional deficiency with skin symptoms associated with excessive intake of wine and beer, causing respectively pellagra and zinc deficiency. Supplementation with niacin and zinc had a prompt effect on the skin changes. These cases emphasize the importance of keeping nutritional deficiencies in mind in patients with inadequate nutrition and alcohol abuse.
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Akst D. The forgotten plague. Am Herit 2000; 51:72-9. [PMID: 17639639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Underhill FP. Pellagra and some allied conditions. 1928. Yale J Biol Med 2000; 73:1-7. [PMID: 11765928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Schattner A. A 70-year-old man with isolated weight loss and a pellagra-like syndrome due to celiac disease. Yale J Biol Med 1999; 72:15-8. [PMID: 10691045 PMCID: PMC2578959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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An elderly man was diagnosed with celiac disease, which presented with three notable features: first, presentation at the age of 70 with no prior gastrointestinal symptomatology or positive family history; second, triggering of all symptoms following recent myocardial infarction and infective endocarditis; third, presentation with marked (more than 20 percent) weight loss and pellagra-like skin lesions despite nearly normal examination and laboratory tests. Thus, celiac disease may present as a pellagra-like syndrome in the elderly with predominant weight loss that is enhanced by the related taste disturbances.
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- A Schattner
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
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Dallimore KJ. Response to the article, 'Pellagra in a woman using alternative remedies'. Australas J Dermatol 1998; 39:199. [PMID: 9737054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1998.tb01286.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Alcohol misuse and alcohol withdrawal are associated with a variety of neuropsychiatric syndromes, some of which are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. B vitamin deficiency is known to contribute to the aetiology of a number of these syndromes, and B vitamin supplementation thus plays a significant part in prophylaxis and treatment. In particular, the Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome (WKS). due to thiamine deficiency, is a common condition in association with alcohol misuse, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Nicotinamide deficiency may result in a rarer condition, alcoholic pellagra encephalopathy, which often has a similar clinical presentation to WKS. This review considers the role of B vitamins in the aetiology and treatment of neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with alcohol misuse, with particular emphasis on WKS.
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- C C Cook
- Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
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Klevay LM. Pellagra is not infectious! (Goldberger, 1916). J Nutr 1997; 127:1032S-1034S. [PMID: 9164297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- L M Klevay
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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Abu-Qurshin R, Naschitz JE, Zuckermann E, Nash E, Eldar S, Yeshurun D. Crohn's disease associated with pellagra and increased excretion of 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid. Am J Med Sci 1997; 313:111-3. [PMID: 9030678 DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199702000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A 47-year-old woman with seronegative polyarthritis, diarrhea, and photosensitivity dermatitis was found to have Crohn's disease and pellagra. The presence of high values of 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid in the urine began the exhaustive investigations and finally enterotomy. No mass lesion was found. Argyrophilic cells were not increased in areas of inflamed intestinal mucosa or the normal mucosa. The disagreement between biochemical and histologic findings was attributed to sampling error. Antiinflammatory treatment for Crohn's disease was given and the gastrointestinal and articular symptoms improved, excretion of 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid returned to normal and there was no relapse of pellagra. Pellagra as a complication of Crohn's disease has been described in 4 cases; malnutrition and intestinal malabsorption were the proposed mechanisms for the niacin deficiency and pellagra of those patients. In the current case, the pathogenesis of pellagra may be accounted to wastage of tryptophan by an increased pool of intestinal argyrophilic cells, suggested by increased urinary excretion of 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid.
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- R Abu-Qurshin
- Department of Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Hashizume N. [Disorder of vitamin metabolism in alcoholics]. Nihon Rinsho 1997; 55 Suppl:205-9. [PMID: 9078734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- N Hashizume
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ohashi Hospital, Toho University School of Medicine
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We report a 53-year-old patient with clinical features of pellagra as a complication of Crohn's disease. His symptoms improved rapidly on taking oral nicotinic acid and vitamin B complex. We suggest the paucity of reported cases of pellagra in Crohn's disease is a reflection of poor recognition of this complication.
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- I Zaki
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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