Introduction:The skin pathology in renal transplant patients is determined by the effects of immunosuppressive therapy, the main risk factor, on a skin that accumulated the secondary effects of renal dialysis therapy. It causes a wide spectrum of dermatoses, from those inherent to the drug itself to infectious and neoplastic complications, thus increasing the morbidity and mortality of these patients.
Materials and Methods: Descriptive observational study, which included 101 kidney transplant patients from the Renal Transplant Service of the Centennial Provincial Hospital of Rosario, Argentina, during the period between 2013 and 2015.
Results: Out of a total of 101 patients with kidney transplantation, the most frequently observed skin manifestation was xerosis, 60% of cases, followed by alterations in the nails in 54% and alteration of cutaneous pigmentation in 31%. The infectious pathology represented 38% of the cases, predominating superficial mycosis. Only two patients presented non-melanoma skin cáncer.
Conclusions​: In agreement with the world bibliography, we observed a greater number of infectious dermatoses, in relation to the tumoral pathologies, and the influence of time and the type of immunosuppression in the development thereof.