Clinical and pathologic features of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy: a report of two cases.

J Am Acad Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA.

Published: January 2003

Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy is a rare, recently described fibrotic skin condition that primarily affects patients with a history of renal disease. We describe 2 patients on hemodialysis with the characteristic clinical and pathologic features. Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy should be distinguished from other fibrotic disorders, such as scleromyxedema, systemic sclerosis, and eosinophilic fasciitis

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