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- Title
Acquired perforating dermatosis in a peritoneal dialysis patient.
- Authors
Martins, J.; Rivera, M.; Carrillo-Gijon, R.; Teruel, J. L.; Ortuno, J.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study investigating the complications that occurred after a 50-year-old diabetic patient was treated with peritoneal dialysis. According to the author, the patient presented with a pruritic eruption over the front and lateral part of both legs, hands and arms. Acquired perforating dermatosis consists of papulonodular skin lesions characterized by transepidermal elimination of some components of the dermis, the author explained.
- Subjects
SKIN diseases; PERITONEAL dialysis; HEMODIALYSIS complications; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Kidney International, 2007, Vol 71, Issue 8, p832
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.ki.5002120