Acrodermatitis enteropática: caso clínico y revisión de la literatura / Acrodermatitis enteropathica: report of one case

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.