Authors
Radhamony Ma, Nasiha T Sa
aTravancore Medical Collage Hospital, Kollam
Abstract
Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by a genetic mutation leading to zinc deficiency. Clinical manifestation includes skin lesions, diarrhea and alopecia. Here we report a case of five-year-old girl with alopecia, erythematous scaly crusted plaques over perianal, perineal areas, knees and ankle and toe nail dystrophy. With a clinical diagnosis of Acrodermatitisenteropathica, she was started on zinc therapy and her lesions subsided entirely after one month of treatment.
Keywords: Acrodermatitis enteropathica, Zinc deficiency