A diagnostic challenge: a case of acrodermatitis enteropathica without hypozincemia and with maternal milk of low zinc level.
Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare and distinct form of zinc deficiency with a requirement of life-long zinc supplementation and inherited in a recessive manner. Transient nutritional zinc deficiency is also a well known condition mimicking acrodermatitis enteropathica like skin changes in preterm and term infants who are generally breastfed with a low level of zinc containing milk. Here, a 4-month-old male, term and fully breastfed acrodermatitis enteropathica case without hypozincemia and with maternal milk of low zinc level is presented.
Tatlican
Semih
S
Department of Dermatology, Ministry of Health Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. semihtatlican@gmail.com
Yamangokturk
Burcu
B
Eren
Cemile
C
Gulbahar
Ozlem
O
Eskioglu
Fatma
F
D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood* / Q000172:deficiency*
D015032:Zinc