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Initial presentation of an asymptomatic cutaneous eruption consisting of well demarcated red-to-brown plaques with scale on the knees and cheeks and crusted and blistering plaques on the hands and feet in a 10-month-old boy.
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A 10-month-old healthy boy presented to the dermatology clinic with a 2-week history of an eruption consisting of well demarcated red-to-brown plaques with overlying scale on his knees, cheeks and chin as well as blistering and crust on the hands and feet (Figure 1).
Seven-week follow-up after high-dose zinc sulfate treatment. Near complete resolution of lesions is noted.
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Zinc supplementation (zinc gluconate, 3 mg/kg) was initiated and after only 1 week the skin lesions had improved and at the 7-week follow-up visit, there was almost complete resolution of the eruption (Figure 2).