Acrodermatitis enteropathica

A rare inherited inborn error of metabolism resulting in a severe zinc deficiency and characterized by acral dermatitis, alopecia, diarrhea and growth failure.

Normocytic anemia

A kind of anemia in which the volume of the red blood cells is normal.


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PMID (PMCID)
15762288
 MALE Adult
Zinc-induced copper deficiency: a report of three cases initially recognized on bone marrow examination.
Willis MS, Monaghan SA, Miller ML, McKenna RW, Perkins WD, Levinson BS, Bhushan V, Kroft SH.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2005;123(1):125-31.
The second was a 21-year-old man receiving zinc supplementation for acrodermatitis enteropathica in whom moderate normocytic anemia and neutropenia developed.
4012288
 MALE Adult
Copper responsive anemia, induced by oral zinc therapy in a patient with acrodermatitis enteropathica.
Hoogenraad TU, Dekker AW, van den Hamer CJ.
Sci Total Environ. 1985;42(1-2):37-43.
Normocytic anemia with granulocytopenia occurred in a 23 year old man with acrodermatitis enteropathica who received high doses of zinc sulphate orally for 12 months.