title: Skin disorders in patients transplanted in childhood.
abstract: Only few data are available on skin disorders in pediatric organ transplant recipients. In order to describe the whole range of dermatological diseases in a population of pediatric organ transplant recipients, we studied a group of 217 consecutive organ transplant recipients (168 kidney, 29 heart, 19 liver, one lung) aged <18 years at transplantation followed at a single center. A total of 193 patients showed at least one skin disorder; 149 had more than one skin disease. The most common skin infections were warts (24.4%), pityriasis versicolor (20.7%), folliculitis (12.9%), intertrigo (6.5%); the most common drug side effects were hypertrichosis (69.6%), steroid acne (39.6%), gingival hyperplasia (29%) and severe xerosis (20.7%). Two patients (0.9%) developed nonmelanoma skin cancer. Our study summarizes the main skin complications in patients transplanted in childhood and underlines the necessity of regular dermatologic surveillance of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padua, Italy. belloni@pediatria.unipd.it
authors.forename: Anna Belloni
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fortina
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piaserico
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alaibac
authors.forename: Alida L P
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Caforio
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brandolisio
authors.forename: Graziella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zacchello
authors.forename: Giovanni Franco
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Zanon
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zancan
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peserico
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents