SPECTRUM OF DERMATOLOGICAL LESIONS IN RENAL-ALLOGRAFT RECIPIENTS IN ATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT

A total of 157 renal allograft recipients were followed for over 1-23 months for the development of dermatological lesions. The non-infectiv e lesions related to immunosuppressive drugs included cushingoid featu res in 133 (84.7%), xerosis in 120 (76.4%), striae in 69 (43.9%), hype rtrichosis in 65 (21.6%), facial erythema in 42 (26.7%) and friable sk in in 34 (21.4%) patients. Of the infective lesions, cutaneous mycoses were the most frequent (82.6%) and included tinea corporis and cruris in 82 (52.2%), tinea versicolor in 21 (13.3%), candidiasis in 7 (4%), onychomycosis in 4 (2%) and cryptococcosis in 2 (1.2%) patients. Vira l infections included those due to herpes tester in 17 (10.8%), herpes simplex in 5 (3.1%) and viral warts in 13 (8.2%) patients. Cutaneous malignancy was seen in 1 patient only.