title: A diagnostic challenge: a case of acrodermatitis enteropathica without hypozincemia and with maternal milk of low zinc level.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ministry of Health Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. semihtatlican@gmail.com
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatlican
authors.forename: Burcu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yamangokturk
authors.forename: Cemile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gulbahar
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eskioglu
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc