Persistent cutaneous manifestations of hyperoxaluria after combined hepatorenal transplantation.

A 30-year-old woman with primary hyperoxaluria type I (PHI) developed livedo reticularis with overlying ulcerations on her legs 16 months after receiving a liver-kidney transplant. A skin biopsy of the lesion showed deposits of calcium oxalate. To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of livedo reticularis in patients with PH1 after a combined liver-kidney transplant.

Response of ulcerated perineal hemangiomas of infancy to becaplermin gel, a recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor.

Background: Hemangiomas of infancy are the most common tumors of childhood, and ulceration is the most common complication. Many treatments have been used for hemangioma ulceration, although none are uniformly effective. A recent report described the successful use of 0.