Artigo Revisado por pares

Vitamin A deficiency phrynoderma: Due to malabsorption and inadequate diet

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 41; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0190-9622(99)70375-0

ISSN

1097-6787

Autores

Narelle R Bleasel, Karen Stapleton, May‐Sen Lee, John M. Sullivan,

Tópico(s)

Omental and Epiploic Conditions

Resumo

We describe a patient with vitamin A deficiency phrynoderma caused by a combination of inadequate dietary intake of vitamin A and β-carotene and malabsorption secondary to primary visceral myopathy and total colectomy. (J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;41:322-4.)

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