A Case of Transient Acrodermatitis Enteropathica with a Normal Serum Zinc Level Localized on the Anogenital Area.
- Author:
Min Seong KIL
1
;
Ju Hyuk PARK
;
Young HER
;
Bo Mi CHUN
;
Chul Woo KIM
;
Sang Seok KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. drkimss@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acrodermatitis enteropathica;
Anogenital;
Normal serum zinc
- MeSH:
Acrodermatitis;
Adrenal Cortex Hormones;
Alopecia;
Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1;
Diarrhea;
Humans;
Infant;
Male;
Milk, Human;
Nails;
Parturition;
Skin;
Zinc
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2009;47(11):1314-1317
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A male full-term infant who had been breast-fed since birth developed an erythematous eroded eruption involving the anogenital area at 1 month of age, and this lesion did not respond to treatment with topical corticosteroids and antimicrobials. He was first seen at our office at 9 months of age. At that time, he had continuous diarrhea, but he had no alopecia, nail dystrophy or acral skin lesions. His serum zinc level was normal and his mother's breast milk zinc level was also normal, but it was not enough for his zinc metabolism. His clinical symptoms and skin lesions were dramatically improved with administering zinc.
