Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case Report

Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by a genetic mutation leading to zinc deficiency. Clinical manifestation includes skin lesions, diarrhea, and alopecia. We report the case of a two-month-old girl, admitted with erythematous scaly lesions in the neck and vesic...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Asma Al Naamani, Tuqa Al Lawati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oman Medical Specialty Board 2020-11-01
Series:Oman Medical Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:http://omjournal.org/articleDetails.aspx?coType=1&aId=2797
id doaj-3f0aa27d20ec4e16a6b5c276c67cda56
record_format Article
spelling doaj-3f0aa27d20ec4e16a6b5c276c67cda562020-11-25T04:11:31ZengOman Medical Specialty BoardOman Medical Journal1999-768X2070-52042020-11-01356e201e20110.5001/omj.2020.97Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case ReportAsma Al Naamani0Tuqa Al Lawati1Dematology Department, Al Nahdha Hospital, Muscat, OmanMinistry of Health, Muscat, OmanAcrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by a genetic mutation leading to zinc deficiency. Clinical manifestation includes skin lesions, diarrhea, and alopecia. We report the case of a two-month-old girl, admitted with erythematous scaly lesions in the neck and vesiculopustular lesions in the perioral region, associated with alopecia and diarrhea. Clinical diagnosis of the disease was made from her first presentation. She was started on zinc therapy and her lesions resolved entirely after one month of treatment.http://omjournal.org/articleDetails.aspx?coType=1&aId=2797acrodermatitis enteropathicazincalkaline phosphataseinfantmutation
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Asma Al Naamani
Tuqa Al Lawati
spellingShingle Asma Al Naamani
Tuqa Al Lawati
Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case Report
Oman Medical Journal
acrodermatitis enteropathica
zinc
alkaline phosphatase
infant
mutation
author_facet Asma Al Naamani
Tuqa Al Lawati
author_sort Asma Al Naamani
title Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case Report
title_short Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case Report
title_full Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case Report
title_fullStr Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Case Report
title_sort acrodermatitis enteropathica: a case report
publisher Oman Medical Specialty Board
series Oman Medical Journal
issn 1999-768X
2070-5204
publishDate 2020-11-01
description Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by a genetic mutation leading to zinc deficiency. Clinical manifestation includes skin lesions, diarrhea, and alopecia. We report the case of a two-month-old girl, admitted with erythematous scaly lesions in the neck and vesiculopustular lesions in the perioral region, associated with alopecia and diarrhea. Clinical diagnosis of the disease was made from her first presentation. She was started on zinc therapy and her lesions resolved entirely after one month of treatment.
topic acrodermatitis enteropathica
zinc
alkaline phosphatase
infant
mutation
url http://omjournal.org/articleDetails.aspx?coType=1&aId=2797
work_keys_str_mv AT asmaalnaamani acrodermatitisenteropathicaacasereport
AT tuqaallawati acrodermatitisenteropathicaacasereport
_version_ 1724417373386047488