Valdés, RobertoMauret, MichelleCastro, Alex2017-03-032017-03-032013Revista Médica de Chile 2013, 141:1480-1483http://hdl.handle.net/11447/998http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872013001100017Acrodermatitis enteropathica is an uncommon disease caused by hereditary or acquired zinc deficiency. It is characterized by a triad of alopecia, diarrhea and acral and periorificial dermatitis. It is treated with Zinc supplementation. We report a 31-year-old indigent and drug addict female with a cutaneous-mucous syndrome characteristic of acrodermatitis enteropathica. She had a positive clinical evolution after Zinc supplementation.4spaAcrodermatitisZinc deficiencyArtículo