Acrodermatitis enteropathica belongs to the family of necrolytic erythemas, which include necrolytic migratory erythema, necrolytic acral erythema, pellagra and essential fatty acid deficiencies. The classic cutaneous findings include symmetric, erythematous, scaly, eczematous, vesicular-bullous or pustular eruption on the distal surfaces and periorificial areas. Without treatment, patients develop generalised alopecia and diarrhoea. Delayed wound healing, anaemia, psychological disorders and ophthalmic alterations may appear during advanced disease.5