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ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA
Author(s) -
OHLSSON A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb05556.x
Subject(s) - acrodermatitis enteropathica , medicine , zinc deficiency (plant disorder) , zinc , pediatrics , dermatology , pathology , micronutrient , materials science , metallurgy
. Ohlsson, A. (Department of Pediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Acrodermatitis enteropathica. Acta Paediatr Scand, 70:269, 1981. A six‐month‐old Saudi boy with acrodermatitis enteropathica confirmed by low serum zinc and alkaline phosphatase levels is described. Both the patient and a sibling developed acrodermatitis enteropathica while entirely breastfed. The mother had low serum zinc levels. Cranial computed tomography initially showed marked central and cortical “atrophy” that improved on treatment with zinc sulphate. The importance of zinc for normal brain growth and function is well known and the improvement on cranial computed tomography could be explained by improved myelination.