{"pk":1470,"title":"A Case of Perforating Folliculitis in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<b>Case Presentation: </b>A 30-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and renal failure on peritoneal dialysis presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of a rash on his anterior trunk for the prior three weeks. Dermatological examination revealed multiple, discrete folliculocentric, erythematous, and hyperpigmented papules, with scattered adjacent angulated erosions.<p></p><p><b><b>Discussion:</b></b> Perforating folliculitis is a rare and often difficult to diagnose skin condition classically seen in patients with chronic renal disease or underlying immunodeficiency. </p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"case report"},{"word":"peritoneal dialysis"},{"word":"perforating folliculitis"}],"section":"Images in Emergency Medicine","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5ww055zd","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Glenn","middle_name":"","last_name":"Goodwin","name_suffix":"","institution":"HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura, Florida","department":"Department of Emergency Medicine"},{"first_name":"Katherine","middle_name":"L.","last_name":"O'Neil","name_suffix":"","institution":"HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura, Florida","department":"Department of Emergency Medicine"},{"first_name":"Megan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dekok","name_suffix":"","institution":"Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Parker, Colorado","department":"College of Osteopathic Medicine"},{"first_name":"Moshe","middle_name":"","last_name":"Bengio","name_suffix":"","institution":"HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura, Florida","department":"Department of Emergency Medicine"},{"first_name":"Philip","middle_name":"O.","last_name":"Scumpia","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Dermatology/Dermatopathology, Los Angeles, California","department":"Dermatology"},{"first_name":"Abhishek","middle_name":"","last_name":"Roka","name_suffix":"","institution":"HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura, Florida","department":"Department of Emergency Medicine"},{"first_name":"Alexander","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Scumpia","name_suffix":"","institution":"HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura, Florida","department":"Emergency Medicine"}],"date_submitted":"2023-06-29T17:57:46.318000Z","date_accepted":"2023-10-02T15:27:09.562000Z","date_published":"2024-01-09T19:00:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"Final Article","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1470/galley/4307/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"Layout","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1470/galley/3212/download/"},{"label":"Final Article","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1470/galley/4307/download/"}]}