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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan-Feb;19(1):66-8.
doi: 10.2310/7750.2014.13174. Epub 2015 Jan 1.

Trichodysplasia spinulosa in a renal transplant patient

Alexandre Laroche  1 , Catherine Allard  2 , Myrna Chababi-Atallah  2 , Mélanie Masse  2 , Janie Bertrand  2
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Trichodysplasia spinulosa in a renal transplant patient

Alexandre Laroche et al. J Cutan Med Surg. 2015 Jan-Feb.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Cutan Med Surg. 2015 Jul-Aug;19(4):422. doi: 10.1177/1203475415581598. Epub 2015 Apr 6. J Cutan Med Surg. 2015. PMID: 25848125 No abstract available.

Abstract

Background: Trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS) is a rare skin affection seen in immunocompromised patients, mainly those with solid organ tranplants.

Objective: To report a case of a patient with classic clinical and pathologic findings for the disease so that physicians caring for this population are aware of the clinical presentation.

Method: We report the case of a female patient we saw at our clinic with a diagnosis of TS.

Results: The diagnosis of TS was confirmed by pathologic findings.

Conclusion: TS should be considered in any immunocompromised patient with a papular facial eruption reminiscent of acne vulgaris and with keratotic spiny papules as a distinctive feature.

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