The Enamel Paint Sign in the Dermatologic Diagnosis of Early-Onset Kwashiorkor

Buño, Ismael

doi:10.1001/archderm.134.1.107

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“…Treatment of kwashiorkor is directed to replace proteins and correct the underlying disease [2]. As mentioned earlier, zinc alone can adequately treat the skin findings of kwashiorkor [5].…”

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Cutaneous presentation of kwashiorkor due to infantile Crohn's disease

Al-Mubarak

Al-Khenaizan²,

Goufi

2009

Eur J Pediatr

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Kwashiorkor is one of the severe forms of protein-energy malnutrition. Many characteristic dermatoses can be seen in children suffering from kwashiorkor, and some are pathognomonic. Here, we report an infant who presented with diarrhea and skin signs of kwashiorkor, and duodenal biopsy was consistent with Crohn's disease. The patient was treated with prednisolone administered orally in a tapering course plus azathioprine, in addition to nutritional supplementation. The general condition of the patient quickly improved and his skin lesions completely resolved within 2 weeks. Kwashiorkor is a serious potentially fatal disease that occurs less often in developed countries leading to low index of suspicion by physicians and pediatricians in those regions. Occasionally, dermatologists have the rare chance of alerting pediatricians to the diagnosis of kwashiorkor, thus making a difference in the care of this disease.

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Cutaneous presentation of kwashiorkor due to infantile Crohn's disease

Al-Mubarak

Al-Khenaizan²,

Goufi

2009

Eur J Pediatr

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“…Also important are topical treatment with ointments and the stageappropriate therapy of ulcerations, as well as the treatment of the accompanying diseases. The physical and mental developmental deficits are usually only partially reversible (Buno et al 1998;Corish and Kennedy 2000;Glorio et al 2000;Lathham 1991;Prendeville and Manfredi 1992;Ziboh et al 2000).…”

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Nutritional Diseases

Babilas¹

2020

Braun-Falco´s Dermatology

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“…"Flaky paint" and "crazy pavement," are phrases that are also used to describe this peeling dermatosis. 11 Forchheimer's sign It is the presence of petechiae on the soft palate in one fifth of those with rubella during the prodromal period or during the early days of the exanthema.…”

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Cutaneous Signs

Aboud

Hawsawi

Ramesh

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Skinmed

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Cutaneous signs play a significant role in clinical medicine. Signs have often been named after the initial observer. They may indicate either dermatologic or systemic illness and aid the examiner in diagnosis and relevant investigations. Some are specific, some have been described in other conditions, and few have lost their relevance. Most of the signs are related to the pathogenesis of the disease but the cause of some is not clear.

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The Enamel Paint Sign in the Dermatologic Diagnosis of Early-Onset Kwashiorkor

Cited by 20 publications

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Cutaneous presentation of kwashiorkor due to infantile Crohn's disease

Cutaneous presentation of kwashiorkor due to infantile Crohn's disease

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