A large pruritic plaque in a patient with 2 kidney transplants

Chiel F Ebbelaar^{1

2}, Sadhanna Badeloe¹, Anne M R Schrader³, Elsemieke I Plasmeijer^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Division of Laboratories, Pharmacy and Biomedical Genetics, Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Chiel F Ebbelaar et al. JAAD Case Rep. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 10:57:53-55.

doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2024.12.028. eCollection 2025 Mar.

Chiel F Ebbelaar^{1

2}, Sadhanna Badeloe¹, Anne M R Schrader³, Elsemieke I Plasmeijer^{1

4}

¹ Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Division of Laboratories, Pharmacy and Biomedical Genetics, Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: cornoid lamellae; giant porokeratosis; immunosuppression; kidney transplantation; skin cancer; topical simvastatin.

Conflict of interest statement

None disclosed.

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