Zinc Deficiency, Nutritional Deficiency - DermAtlas

Contributor

Jayanta Das, MD, DVD

Diagnosis

zinc deficiency nutritional deficiency

Body Site

knee elbow foot finger

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 9-year-old girl, who was profoundly malnourished, developed hyperpigmented thin adherent scales over bony prominences, in skin creases, and in periorificial areas. The lesions healed quickly with refeeding and zinc supplementation.

Description

symmetric hyperpigmented thin adherent crusted scale

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6/3/2003 14:02:51

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