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COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group
BARCELONA, SPAIN -- More questions than answers currently exist regarding two recently recognized skin disorders restricted to patients in renal failure.
Among the key unresolved issues surrounding the new cutaneous disorders--nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and calcific uremic arteriolopathy--are their etiology, pathogenesis, course, and treatment, Dr. Jeffrey P. Callen observed at the 12th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.
Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) was first described several years ago by Dr. Shawn Cowper of Yale University. It is characterized by acute onset of nodular hardening of the skin over the lower limbs, and to a lesser extent the upper limbs, in patients with acute...
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