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Michael Fradley

Diagnosis

nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy

Body Site

thigh

Age

54 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

pink

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 54-year-old woman with a history of chronic renal failure received a renal transplant and developed acute rejection 5 days after surgery. Several weeks later while on hemodialysis she developed rapidly progressive tightening of the skin on the proximal extremities that spread to the distal extremities.

Description

diifuse, symmetric, pink, fibrotic atrophic plaques

Categories

lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) Metabolic disorders

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5/31/2003 12:14:30

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