Pneumonia is primarily a disease that is usually managedmedically with antibiotics. However, in rare cases it mayprogress to necrotising pneumonia, which is an uncommonbut severe complication of bacterial pneumonia. This caseillustrates a typical case of necrotising pneumoniacomplicated with parenchymal and pleural complicationsuch as empyema, pneumothorax with possiblebronchopleural fistula. Early consultation with thoracicsurgeon can be life-saving.

Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a rare genetic autosomal recessive disorder characterised byperiorificial inflammatory rash, diarrhoea and hair loss. Hereby, we report 3 cases of acrodermatitisenteropathica.