Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans 20
General: Rare familial skin disorder; autosomal recessive; both sexes equally affected; occurs in infants; not present at birth but develops during first few weeks; zinc deficiency; there are reports of improvement following treatment with zinc suggesting an abnormality in the zinc-binding factor.
Ocular: Scarring of the conjunctiva; recurrent iridocyclitis; keratomalacia; cataracts; photophobia; blepharitis; punctal stenosis; corneal opacification.
Clinical: Vesiculobullous eruption around body orifices, skin of knees, elbows, and paronychial areas; complete alopecia; erythematous psoriasiform plaques.
Feldberg R, et al. Keratomalacia in acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE). Metab Pediatr Ophthalmol 1981; 5:207-211.
Matta CS, et al. Eye manifestations in acrodermatitis enteropathica. Arch Ophthalmol 1975; 93:140-142.
McKusick VA. Mendelian inheritance in man, 12th ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Ohlsson A. Acrodermatitis enteropathica: reversibility of cerebral atrophy with zinc therapy. Acta Paediatr Scand 1981; 70:269-273.
Racz P, et al. Bilateral cataract in acrodermatitis enteropathica. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1979; 16:180-182.
Whitmore PV. Skin and mucous membrane disorders. In: Duane TD, ed. Clinical ophthalmology, vol. V. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1982:6-7.
General: Rare familial skin disorder; autosomal recessive; both sexes equally affected; occurs in infants; not present at birth but develops during first few weeks; zinc deficiency; there are reports of improvement following treatment with zinc suggesting an abnormality in the zinc-binding factor.
Ocular: Scarring of the conjunctiva; recurrent iridocyclitis; keratomalacia; cataracts; photophobia; blepharitis; punctal stenosis; corneal opacification.
Clinical: Vesiculobullous eruption around body orifices, skin of knees, elbows, and paronychial areas; complete alopecia; erythematous psoriasiform plaques.
Feldberg R, et al. Keratomalacia in acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE). Metab Pediatr Ophthalmol 1981; 5:207-211.
Matta CS, et al. Eye manifestations in acrodermatitis enteropathica. Arch Ophthalmol 1975; 93:140-142.
McKusick VA. Mendelian inheritance in man, 12th ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Ohlsson A. Acrodermatitis enteropathica: reversibility of cerebral atrophy with zinc therapy. Acta Paediatr Scand 1981; 70:269-273.
Racz P, et al. Bilateral cataract in acrodermatitis enteropathica. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1979; 16:180-182.
Whitmore PV. Skin and mucous membrane disorders. In: Duane TD, ed. Clinical ophthalmology, vol. V. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1982:6-7.
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