Korean J Dermatol.  1999 Jun;37(6):790-793.

A Case of Transient Acrodermatitis Enteropathica in a Full-Term Breast-Fed Infant

• Won JY
• Jung GB
• Jeon YM
• Lee JB
• Song ES

Abstract

We herein report a case of transient acrodermatitis enteropathica in a 3-month-old, breast-fed, full-term infant. The patient was presented with a 2-month history of diarrhea and crusted erythema- tous patches on the periorificial area. Similar lesions were seen in his siblings. His serum zinc level and the zinc level in his mother's breast milk were markedly reduced. Diarrhea and skin lesions disappeared promptly with oral zinc supplementation and did not recur when zinc was discontinued after three weeks. Our case indicates that even full-term infants, who feed excl-usively on mothers milk, run a risk of developing zinc deficiency, if the concentration of zinc in the breast milk is very low.

Keyword

Acrodermatitis enteropathica; Breast milk; Zinc

MeSH Terms

Acrodermatitis*
Diarrhea
Humans
Infant*
Milk
Milk, Human
Mothers
Siblings
Skin
Zinc
Zinc