Acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruptions in a child with Hartnup disease.
Acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruptions, not related to zinc deficiency, have been rarely reported in some metabolic disorders. Reported patients usually had low levels of essential amino acids, particularly isoleucine. Here we report a girl who first presented with an acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruption and eventually had the diagnosis of Hartnup disease with a normal isoleucine level. We discuss the probable cause of her skin lesions and the differential diagnosis with pellagra.
Seyhan
Muammer Eşrefoğlu
ME
Department of Dermatology, Inönü University, Malatya, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Selimoğlu
Mukadder Ayşe
MA
Ertekin
Vildan
V
Fidanoğlu
Osman
O
Altinkaynak
Sevin
S
D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006250:Hartnup Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans