pemphigoid gestationis/edema

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[Herpes gestationis. Ultrastructural and immunologic data, about two cases (author's transl)].

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Herpes gestationis, a rare vesiculobullous dermatitis of pregnancy and the postpartal period, can be more easily identified today thanks to recent immunologic and ultrastructural researches. Comparing two new case reports with the data provided by the literature, underlines the individuality of the

Herpes gestationis--bullae from hormones that cause increased extracellular matrix (autoantibodies to epidermal basement membrane as a secondary phenomenon).

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Herpes gestationis is a bullous skin disease clearly secondary to the hormones of pregnancy and other hormonal influences. It is the result multiple hormones. No one hormone is specific. The hormones increase ground substance viscosity in the skin and this induces edema and bullae formation. Only 10

Herpes gestationis. A clinicopathologic study.

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Herpes gestationis is a pruritic, blistering eruption of pregnancy and the puerperium. In three patients with immunologically verified disease, the clinical presentation consisted of widespread erythematous, edematous papules and plaques, grouped vesicles on erythematous bases, and tense bullae.

Herpes gestationis. Ultrastructure and ultrastructural localization of in vivo-bound complement.

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Ultrastructural localization of C3 deposition in the skin of two patients with herpes gestationis was determined by using a peroxidase-antiperoxidase multistep technique. The tissue preparations can be stored for long periods of time and identical sections may be used for light and electron

Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy: histopathologic study.

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The microscopic findings in 31 biopsies of patients with polymorphic eruption of pregnancy are reported with a literature review. Cutaneous changes include edema, dermal lympho-histiocytic infiltrate and epidermal lesions. We have found a correlation between the intensity of the inflammatory

Oral and vulvovaginal changes in pregnancy.

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Physiologic alterations of the oral and vulvovaginal mucosal surfaces result from the profound hormonal and immunologic changes of gestation. High estrogen levels are responsible for the vascular changes noted on mucosal surfaces. Gingival hyperemia and edema, gingivitis and pyogenic granuloma are

[Herpetic-like worsening of an epidermolysis bullosa simplex during pregnancy].

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BACKGROUND Episodes of hereditary epidermolysis bullosa simplex are usually provoked by repeated cutaneous traumas or exposure to heat. We report a case of hereditary epidermolysis bullosa simplex worsened during pregnancy. METHODS A 21 year-old woman suffering from hereditary epidermolysis bullosa

Urticarial Lesions in a Pregnant Woman.

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Dear Editor, Gestational pemphigoid (GP) is a rare autoimmune bullous dermatosis in pregnancy. GP usually occurs during the second or third month of pregnancy. It clinically manifests as the development of either early-onset urticarial lesions or late-onset subepidermal blisters that may linger for

Vesicular Contact Reaction May Progress into Erythema Multiforme.

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Dear Editor, Erythema multiforme is considered an acute skin condition, characterized by a self-limiting and sometimes recurrent course. It is regarded as a type IV hypersensitivity reaction associated with certain infections, medications, and other various triggers. Allergic contact dermatitis is

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