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Acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruption and failure to thrive as presenting signs of cystic fibrosis.

Zedek D, Morrell DS, Graham M, Goodman D, Groben P

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-0001, USA.

We describe a female infant with an acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruption as the presenting sign of rapidly fatal cystic fibrosis. The patient had growth retardation, developed an erythematous eruption unresponsive to oral zinc, and finally a generalized erosive dermatitis with associated edema, anemia and hypoproteinemia.

Published 14 January 2008 in J Am Acad Dermatol, 58(2): S5-8.
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