title: Vitamin A deficiency phrynoderma: due to malabsorption and inadequate diet.
abstract: We describe a patient with vitamin A deficiency phrynoderma caused by a combination of inadequate dietary intake of vitamin A and beta-carotene and malabsorption secondary to primary visceral myopathy and total colectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Bleasel
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Stapleton
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012875:Skin Diseases, Metabolic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications*