Vitamin A deficiency phrynoderma: due to malabsorption and inadequate diet.
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.
Bleasel
N R
NR
Department of Dermatology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, New South Wales, Australia.
Stapleton
K M
KM
Lee
M S
MS
Sullivan
J
J
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*