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Rev. méd. Chile
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141(11): 1480-1483, nov. 2013. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-704575
ABSTRACT
Acrodermatitis enteropathica is an uncommon disease caused by hereditary or acquired zinc deficiency. It is characterized by a triad of alopecia, diarrhea and acraland periorificial dermatitis. It is treated with Zinc supplementation. We report a31-year-old indigent and drug addict female with a cutaneous-mucous syndromecharacteristic of acrodermatitis enteropathica. She had a positive clinical evolutionafter Zinc supplementation.