Porphyria cutanea tarda in a chronic hemodialysis patient.
We have described a patient undergoing long-term hemodialysis who had bullae on the dorsum of the hands, extensor surfaces of the forearms, and the forehead. While clinically indistinguishable from earlier reports of bullous dermatosis of chronic renal failure, laboratory investigation documented prophyria cutanea tarda in this patient.
D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis