Korean Journal of Dermatology  1988;26(5):774-778

Perforating Folliculitis in Association with Hemodialysis.

Sung Ku AHN ; Soo Il CHUN

Keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hemodialysis; Perforating folliculitis

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

A 37-year-old man was diagnosed as having chronic renal failure received hemodialysis, Five months after starting hemodialysis developed rice to pea sized erythematous follicular papvles on the posterior neck and trunk which was accompanied by mild pruritus. Histopathologically the lesion showed typical finding of perforating folliculitis and Pickers nodule like changes in the adjacent epidermis.