Suspicion of pulmonary embolism during treatment of pemphigoid gestationis

Characterization of cellular infiltration in polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and pemphigoid gestationis in histopathological examinations

Background: Pregnancy-specific dermatoses represent a group of pruritic skin diseases unique to pregnancy and the most common types are polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and pemphigoid gestationis. It is difficult to obtain a histopathological diagnosis for polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and pemphigoid gestationis in the lack of immunofluorescence because of their similar clinical presentati...

Pemphigoid Gestationis: Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation

INTRODUCTION Pemphigoid gestationis, also known as herpes gestationis, is a rare autoimmune blistering disease associated with pregnancy. It usually occurs during the second or third trimester, but it may be present at any stage of pregnancy or the puerperium. The clinical, histologic, and immunopathological features of pemphigoid gestationis are similar to those of the pemphigoid group of diso...

Review on Pemphigoid Gestationis

Pemphigoid gestationis may begin during the first or any subsequent pregnancy. It may develop between 9 weeks of gestation and one week postpartum, but most frequently it presents during the second and third trimesters. Although few patients experience less trouble during succeeding pregnancy, the condition is most likely to recur in subsequent pregnancies, usually with an earlier onset and mor...

Herpes gestationis = لوبقعلا يلمحلا Pemphigoid Gestationis Herpes Gestationis

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