title: Hartnup disease masked by kwashiorkor.
abstract: This report describes an 11-month old girl with Hartnup disease presenting with kwashiorkor and acrodermatitis enteropathica-like skin lesions but free of other clinical findings. This case with kwashiorkor had acrodermatitis enteropathica-like desquamative skin eruption. Since zinc level was in the normal range, investigation for a metabolic disorder was considered, and Hartnup disease was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. zerrinobak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Zerrin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Orbak
authors.forename: Vildan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ertekin
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Selimoglu
authors.forename: Nebahat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konak
mesh_terms: D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000150:complications; D021542:Amino Acids, Neutral / Q000652:urine; D002081:Buttocks / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006250:Hartnup Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D007200:Indican / Q000652:urine; D007223:Infant; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000150:complications* / Q000652:urine; D010502:Perineum / Q000473:pathology; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D021542:Amino Acids, Neutral; D007200:Indican
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