title: Trichodysplasia spinulosa in a renal transplant patient.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS) is a rare skin affection seen in immunocompromised patients, mainly those with solid organ tranplants.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of a patient with classic clinical and pathologic findings for the disease so that physicians caring for this population are aware of the clinical presentation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a female patient we saw at our clinic with a diagnosis of TS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The diagnosis of TS was confirmed by pathologic findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TS should be considered in any immunocompromised patient with a papular facial eruption reminiscent of acne vulgaris and with keratotic spiny papules as a distinctive feature.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la SantéDepartment of Microbiology and Infectiology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Pathology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Nephrology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Dermatology, CHU Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC alexandre.laroche@usherbrooke.ca.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laroche
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la SantéDepartment of Microbiology and Infectiology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Pathology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Nephrology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Dermatology, CHU Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la SantéDepartment of Microbiology and Infectiology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Pathology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Nephrology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Dermatology, CHU Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC.
authors.forename: Myrna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chababi-Atallah
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la SantéDepartment of Microbiology and Infectiology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Pathology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Nephrology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Dermatology, CHU Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC.
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masse
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la SantéDepartment of Microbiology and Infectiology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Pathology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Nephrology, CHU SherbrookeDepartment of Medicine, Service of Dermatology, CHU Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC.
authors.forename: Janie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D027382:Polyomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D027601:Polyomavirus Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology