Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report

Acquired adult-onset zinc deficiency is occasionally reported in patients with malnutrition states, such as alcoholism, or malabsorptive states, such as post-bariatric surgery. The defining symptoms of hypozincemia include a classic triad of necrolytic dermatitis, diffuse alopecia, and diarrhea. We...

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Autores principales: Shahsavari, Dariush, Ahmed, Zubair, Karikkineth, Ajoy, Williams, Richard, Zigel, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25147643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v4.24707
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author Shahsavari, Dariush
Ahmed, Zubair
Karikkineth, Ajoy
Williams, Richard
Zigel, Carlos
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Karikkineth, Ajoy
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description Acquired adult-onset zinc deficiency is occasionally reported in patients with malnutrition states, such as alcoholism, or malabsorptive states, such as post-bariatric surgery. The defining symptoms of hypozincemia include a classic triad of necrolytic dermatitis, diffuse alopecia, and diarrhea. We report a case of zinc deficiency in a 39-year-old man with history of gastric bypass surgery and alcoholism. For this patient, severe hypozincemia confirmed acrodermatitis, and zinc supplementation was met with gradual improvement.
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spelling pubmed-41201362014-08-21 Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report Shahsavari, Dariush Ahmed, Zubair Karikkineth, Ajoy Williams, Richard Zigel, Carlos J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Acquired adult-onset zinc deficiency is occasionally reported in patients with malnutrition states, such as alcoholism, or malabsorptive states, such as post-bariatric surgery. The defining symptoms of hypozincemia include a classic triad of necrolytic dermatitis, diffuse alopecia, and diarrhea. We report a case of zinc deficiency in a 39-year-old man with history of gastric bypass surgery and alcoholism. For this patient, severe hypozincemia confirmed acrodermatitis, and zinc supplementation was met with gradual improvement. Co-Action Publishing 2014-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4120136/ /pubmed/25147643 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v4.24707 Text en © 2014 Dariush Shahsavari et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shahsavari, Dariush
Ahmed, Zubair
Karikkineth, Ajoy
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Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report
title Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report
title_full Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report
title_fullStr Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report
title_short Zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report
title_sort zinc-deficiency acrodermatitis in a patient with chronic alcoholism and gastric bypass: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25147643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v4.24707
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