pigskin appearance

Dermatology A descriptor for taut, shiny, non-pitting and painful skin of patients with lipaemia, usually on legs
Nephrology A descriptor for a finely bosselated kidney surface seen after removing the capsule; the papular elevations correspond to sclerotic hyalinised, hypertrophied arterioles, typical of benign nephrosclerosis

pigskin appearance

Moroccan leather appearance Dermatology A descriptor for taut, shiny, non-pitting and painful skin of Pts with lipemia, usually on legs. See Painful fat syndrome.