[Incidence of scurvy in Hungary today]

The author reports the medical history of a 63-year-old woman. The patient collapsed on the street, and the National Ambulance Service transported her to the hospital. The clinical picture was characterized by serious anaemia and haemorrhagic diathesis. Scurvy has been identified by the measurement of low leucocyte-vitamin-C level. While in the last 20-30 years scurvy was not diagnosed in Hungary, one cannot easily recognize it. The author thinks necessary to report this case, because of its recent infrequency.