Skin is a Mirror of Internal Disease: A Case of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica with Delayed Presentation

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.