Friday, December 23, 2011

Ariboflavinosis

Presentation

The signs and symptoms of riboflavin deficiency typically include sore throat with redness and swelling of the mouth and throat mucosa,cheilosis and angular stomatitis (cracking of the lips and corners of the mouth), glossitis (magenta tongue with atrophy), seborrheic dermatitis or pseudo-syphilis (moist, scaly skin particularly affecting the scrotum or labia majora and the nasolabial folds), and a decreased red blood cell count with normal cell size and hemoglobin content (normochromic normocytic anemia).