Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable.

Case report of progressive facial hemiatrophy

Introduction: Progressive facial hemiatrophy (Parry-Romberg syndrome) is a rare disease ‎always with neurological symptoms such as migraine and epilepsy. Parry-Romberg syndrome ‎is determined with progressive slow hemiatrophy of skin and soft tissue structures in face and ‎frequently in left face. Disease is more common in females. The objective of this paper is to ‎present a ca...

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...

Suspicion of pulmonary embolism during treatment of pemphigoid gestationis

Pemphigoid gestationis (PG), first described in 1872 by Laws Milton, is a rare autoimmune bullous disease of pregnancy and puerperium. Pemphigoid gestationis has been estimated to occur in 1: 50 000 pregnancies and usually presents in the second or third trimester with exacerbation after partum. This disease is caused by circulating IgG1 immunoglobulin against hemidesmosomal protein bullous pem...

Herpes gestationis = لوبقعلا يلمحلا Pemphigoid Gestationis Herpes Gestationis