E-ISSN: 1308-5255 ISSN: 1307-7635
A Case of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica Misdiagnosed as Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
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Case Report
VOLUME: 14 ISSUE: 2
P: 57-60
June 2020

A Case of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica Misdiagnosed as Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Turk J Dermatol 2020;14(2):57-60
DOI: 10.4103/TJD.TJD_23_20
Priyanka Borde Bisht 1,2
Aradhana Sood 3
1. Department of Dermatology, Dr Gupta’s Hair and Skin Hospital, Lalbagh
2. Department of Dermatology, Base Hospital, New Delhi, India
3. Department of Dermatology, Base Hopsital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
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Received Date: 18.03.2020
Accepted Date: 19.05.2020
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ABSTRACT

Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a rare genetic autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by periorificial dermatitis, alopecia, and diarrhea due to zinc deficiency. We report a case of a 9-month-old baby boy with hair loss for 2 months, diarrhea for 1.5 months, skin peeling starting around mouth, nose, anus, gradually spreading all over body over 1 month, and fever for 10 days. Due to superadded bacterial infections and altered clinical picture, he was diagnosed as a case of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. With low serum zinc levels and improvement of skin lesions and diarrhea within 8 days of starting oral zinc therapy, it was confirmed to be a case of acrodermatitis enteropathica. It is important to consider AE as one of the differential diagnoses in pediatric chronic diarrhea cases with acral and/or periorificial skin lesions to prevent delay in the zinc supplementation treatment and mortality.