RT Book, Section
A1 McKinley-Grant, Lynn
A1 Peebles, Jon Klinton
A2 Kelly, A. Paul
A2 Taylor, Susan C.
A2 Lim, Henry W.
A2 Serrano, Ana Maria Anido
SR Print(0)
ID 1161549143
T1 Renal Disease
T2 Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071805520
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161549143
RD 2024/04/24
AB KEY  POINTSAll  adults  and  children  with  renal  disease  can  develop  skin  complications—these  may  arise  from  the  uremic  state  or  be  due  to  the  medical  treatment  received  for  the  condition,  for  instance  dialysis  or  kidney  transplantation.More  than  20  million  people  aged  20  years  or  older  in  the  United  States  alone  have  chronic  kidney  disease,  which  is  fatal  if  not  treated  with  dialysis  or  kidney  transplantation.The  most  important  causes  of  chronic  renal  disease  are  diabetes  and  hypertension.  Racial  factors  may  play  a  role  in  the  susceptibility  to  chronic  renal  failure  because  there  is  a  strong  association  of  hypertensive  end-stage  renal  disease  in  African  American  families.Cutaneous  manifestations  are  to  be  expected  in  any  patient  who  undergoes  dialysis  treatment.  Many  of  the  skin  changes  that  occur  in  patients  with  chronic  renal  failure  are  also  found  in  patients  undergoing  dialysis.In  contrast  to  dialysis  treatment,  cutaneous  signs  of  renal  failure  may  actually  resolve  if  renal  transplantation  is  successful.However,  posttransplant  patients  are  at  risk  of  developing  primary  cutaneous  malignancies  as  well  as  cutaneous  and  mucosal  lesions.  It  is  particularly  important  to  recognize  the  latter  in  pediatric  patients  with  skin  of  color,  as  they  are  more  common  in  African  American  and  Hispanic  children.