protein-energy malnutrition kwashiorkor https://www.malacards.org/card/kwashiorkor icd11.foundation:1656486805 MONDO:0006826 MESH:D007732 nutritional oedema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair DOID:13579 SCTID:58262005 EFO:1001009 UMLS:C0022806 MedDRA:10023504 nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and/or hair ICD10WHO:E40 ICD10CM:E40 MEDGEN:7233 ICD9:260 A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning 'displaced child'. Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus. (From Dorland, 27th ed)