Unilateral clubbing of fingers associated with causalgia.
Unilateral clubbing of fingers associated with causalgia.
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单侧杵状指伴有灼痛。
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.297.6664.1635-b
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发表时间:
1988
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通讯作者:
M. Hanna
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作者:
P. Saunders;M. Hanna
A 24 year old woman presented with orange-yellow discoloration of her skin, most noticeable on her paLms and soles. Dietary assessment showed that her total daily intake of carotene was 9200 Rg, over half of which came from tomato soup; normal daily intake 900-1200 jg. Her serum carotene concentration was raisedat 67-jmol/l; her serum retinol (vitamin A) con-centration was normal at 1 1 jImol/l. Abnormal pigmentation of the skin due to hypercarotenaemia occurs with an excessivedietary intake of food that contains carotene. If this food is carrots raised serum vitamin A and carotene concentrations may be found. The predominant-carotenoid in tomatoes is lycopene, which does not possess provitamin A activity. This explains the woman's normal serum vitamin A concentration. She reduced her consumption of tomato soup, and six months later her skin was less discoloured.