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There are 6 major dermatoses that are unique to pregnancy and all tend
to resolve in the postpartum period.
- Herpes gestationis (pemphigoid gestationis)
- Presents with blisters
- Resembles bullous pemphigoid clinically and histologically
- Onset typically in 2nd or 3rd trimester
- Increased risk to mother and fetus
- PUPPP, prurigo of pregnancy, and pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy
- All pruritic eruptions on trunk and extremities
- Etiology unknown; some authors consider different manifestations
of same disease
- All typically begin in 2nd or 3rd trimester
- No increased risk to mother or fetus
- Pustular psoriasis of pregnancy (impetigo herpetiformis)
- Resembles pustular psoriasis clinically
- Onset typically in 3rd trimester
- Increased risk to mother and fetus
- Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
- Characterized by severe pruritus in absence of ...
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