A Frosty Encounter
Dr Katie Grounds
Dermatology department, Singleton Hospital, Swansea Bay Lhb
Email : Kgrounds91@gmail.com
A 53-year-old lady presented with an 18-month history of an erythematous
pruritic rash that came on 3 weeks following the COVID Moderna
vaccination booster. She has a complex background history with CKD stage
5 secondary to autosomal polycystic kidney disease, and she was awaiting
a renal transplant for this.
Subsequently following the rash, she developed a period of desquamation
and over the following 6 months a tan like colour to her skin,
especially torso, back and limbs with evidence of tiny white crystals
over the superficial layer in keeping with a diagnosis of uraemic frost.
Treatment involves renal replacement therapy.
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient to publish this
report in accordance with the journal’s patient consent policy” on the
title page of the manuscript.
There are no conflcts of interest.
References
Mohit Mathur et al .Uraemic Frost. Clinical Kidney Journal ,
Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages
418–419, https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfu057