Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection

Abstract

Abstract: Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythematous peripheral rim located on the lower limbs. After blood transfusion and oral zinc supplementation the patient presented an improvement of lesions.

Keywords

• Hepatitis C, chronic
• Necrolytic migratory erythema
• Zinc deficiency