Decisiones precipitadas: diagnóstico de deficiencia de zinc en dermatitis inexplicables

Malyka Cheema1, Kevin Koshy2, Neena Bodasing1

  • 1University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

BMJ case reports
|December 31, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

La deficiencia de zinc puede causar dermatitis grave, imitando condiciones hereditarias. El diagnóstico temprano y la suplementación con zinc mejoraron rápidamente a un paciente con enfermedad hepática y de intestino subyacente, lo que resalta la importancia de considerar las deficiencias de micronutrientes.

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