ZINC-DEFICIENCY MANIFESTED BY DERMATITIS AND VISUAL DYSFUNCTION IN A PATIENT WITH CROHNS-DISEASE

Authors
MYUNG SJ YANG SK JUNG HY JUNG SA KANG GH HA HK HONG WS MIN YI
Citation
Sj. Myung et al., ZINC-DEFICIENCY MANIFESTED BY DERMATITIS AND VISUAL DYSFUNCTION IN A PATIENT WITH CROHNS-DISEASE, Journal of gastroenterology, 33(6), 1998, pp. 876-879
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09441174
Volume
33
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
876 - 879
Database
ISI
SICI code
0944-1174(1998)33:6<876:ZMBDAV>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report a case of Crohn's disease with low serum zinc concentration in a 26-year-old woman. She demonstrated acrodermatitis enteropathica and decreased visual acuity during total parenteral nutrition. Subsequ ent intravenous zinc supplementation resulted in alleviation of the sk in lesions and improvement of visual acuity. This case supports the no tion that depressed serum zinc in Crohn's disease may cause clinical m anifestations, such as acrodermatitis enteropathica and retinal dysfun ction, which may be correctable with zinc supplementation.