Cutaneous manifestation in renal transplant recipients in southern Iraq

Abstract EN

Forty–eight patients living in southern Iraq with renal transplantation were studied for dematological lesions between Jan.

2001 and Feb.

2002, at Basrah renal transplation follow-up center.

All patients had skin problems of different kinds ; Cushingoid features in 85.4 %, hair and nail changes in 82 %, infections in 20 % and tumors in 28 %.

Among skin infections recalcitrant warts were the most frequent (17 %).

High incidence of skin cancer was recorded (4.2 %) as compared to other Iraqi studies.

Kaposi”s sarcoma was not seen during the study period.