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Diseases of Mineral Metabolism

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Numerous disorders of mineral metabolism can be accompanied by skin changes. Iron deficiency with possible angular cheilitis and glossitis, diffuse hair loss, or (rarely) typical nail changes (onychoschisis or koilonychia) is an example. In iron overload (hemochromatosis) a distinction is made between primary and secondary forms. The yellowish-brownish discoloration of the skin (bronze diabetes) often precedes the changes in internal organs. Zinc deficiency results in seborrheic skin lesions, which can be congenital, as in acrodermatitis enteropathica. Copper deficiency leads to brittle, bristly hair (Menkes syndrome) or, in Wilson’s disease, to the Kayser-Fleischer corneal ring in addition to rather inconspicuous skin changes. Disturbances in the metabolism of sulfur, iodine, and selenium or intoxications with lead or mercury can also cause skin changes, as well as other symptoms.

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  1. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, Klinikum Vest GmbH, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany

    Rolf-Markus Szeimies

  2. CentroDerm Clinic, Wuppertal, Germany

    Thomas Dirschka

  3. Faculty of Health, University Witten-Herdecke, Witten, Germany

    Thomas Dirschka

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Gerd Plewig

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lars French

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Ruzicka

  4. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Roland Kaufmann

  5. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Michael Hertl

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  1. Head of the Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Roland Kaufmann

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Szeimies, RM., Dirschka, T. (2020). Diseases of Mineral Metabolism. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_96-1

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