Uremic frost

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Prolonged periods of severe uremia, as in case of chronic renal failure, may result in the skin taking on a grey discoloration or even forming frank urea crystals ("uremic frost") on the skin.