Bullous Dermatosis in an End-Stage Renal Disease Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review

Bullous Dermatosis in an End-Stage Renal Disease Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review

Blog Article

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease including ESRD patients may present with a wide spectrum of cutaneous abnormalities, ranging from xerosis to hyperpigmentation to severe deforming magic bean tiger necrotizing lesions.Skin problems are not uncommon in this population of patients, with a clinical presentation that can be quite bizarre, mandating a long list of differential diagnostic possibilities, and subsequent rise of a puzzling diagnostic challenge.We describe an ESRD patient who presented with blistering, nonhealing ulcerative lesions with a diagnostic skin biopsy kiara sky peach sangria revealing a mixed pattern of linear IgA bullous dermatosis and dermatitis herpetiformis.A clinical remission could be achieved with pulse intravenous steroids followed by oral maintenance in combination with dapsone, with no evidence of recurrence.