...Justine R. Seivright; Natalie M. Villa; Tristan Grogan; Ram K. Parvataneni; Alyssa M. Thompson; Vivian Y. Shi; Jennifer L. Hsiao Background: Hormones are thought to play a role in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). However, data on the HS disease course during pregnancy and the postpartum period has...

...Maria Rita Nasca; Giorgia Giuffrida; Giuseppe Micali Background: Although the possible occurrence of typical dermatoses during pregnancy is well recognized, little is known about the influence of pregnancy on the clinical evolution and prognosis of different pre-existing chronic dermatological...

...Francesco Drago; Giulia Ciccarese; Astrid Herzum; Alfredo Rebora; Aurora Parodi Background: Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a self-limiting exanthematous disease associated with human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 and/or HHV-7 reactivation. In pregnant women, PR may be associated with pregnancy complications...

...Katiucia Rocha; Mariana Carolina Piccinin; Luciana F. Kalache; Adriane Reichert-Faria; Caio César Silva de Castro We report the case of a 25-year-old patient who became pregnant during ustekinumab therapy. Treatment was suspended immediately after pregnancy had been confirmed. The patient had...

... reduced follicle pool. Immediate ovarian stimulation and in vitro fertilization led to pregnancy and the patient gave birth to a healthy child. Though presenting with clinical findings similar to menopause, 50% of patients with POI exhibit varying and unpredictable ovarian function, and only 5-10...

...F. Brunet-Possenti; C. Pages; R. Rouzier; N. Dupin; M. Bagot; C. Lebbé We report the observation of cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) worsening during the second trimester of pregnancy in 2 African women. Both patients were tested seronegative for HIV. They had no complication during their pregnancy...

... patient reported in mainland China. The patient's condition deteriorated rapidly in spite of treatment with corticosteroids and antibiotics, so we decided to terminate the pregnancy by induction of labor. After vaginal delivery she developed fever and her skin lesions did not disappear naturally...

...Norbert Gleicher; David H. Barad Background: Pregnancy represents a semiallograft, subject to similar immune responses as allogeneic organ transplants. Tolerance of pregnancy appears best with maximal class II HLA heterogeneity between mother and father, while compatibilities are associated...

...Y.H. Huang; Y.P. Chen; C.C. Liang; Y.L. Chang; C.C. Hsieh Background: Impetigo herpetiformis (IH) is a rare skin disorder that occurs during pregnancy. It was previously associated with high maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity, but now has a better prognosis. Case Report: We report a case...

...Lluís Puig; Didac Barco; Agustín Alomar Published experiences of TNF-α inhibition during pregnancy consist of a limited number of case reports, series and ongoing registry data in patients with arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. A 28-year-old woman – with psoriasis vulgaris since she was 8...

...Charles Lawrence Parish; Joel I. Polin A 33-year-old white woman, gravida 6, para 5, abortus 0, developed bromoderma during the sixth month of her pregnancy. She had ingested approximately 30 capsules of Nervine® per day for the previous three months. She responded to treatment and a normal male...

...E. Vanneste; J. de Bersaques Description of a case of zoster in a baby of 7 months. The mother suffered from varicella during the 5th month of pregnancy. Dermatologica 153: 307-309 (1976) Herpes zoster in a 7-Month-Old Baby E. Vanneste and J. De Bersaques Department of Dermatology, University...

...Lj. Stanoeva; D. Konstantinov; M. Vćkova; V.B. Bitoljanu The evolution of pemphigus chronicus has been studied in 3 pregnant women. In the first patient, pemphigus vulgaris appeared 2 years prior to pregnancy. In the other 2 patients the disease began during pregnancy. Both women were treated...

...Günter Goerz; Gerhard Hammer A female patient with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) clinically cured by a low-dose chloroquine treatment showed neither exacerbation of the disease nor an increased excretion of urinary porphyrins during pregnancy. The role of estrogens and gestagens as clinical...

...N. Ishii; H. Ono; T. Kawaguchi; H. Nakajima Dermatomyositis is a rare disease complicating pregnancy. We treated a patient in whom two pregnancies were complicated by dermatomyositis. In the first of the two gestations, a mild form of the disease arose in the last trimester. In the second gestation...

...H. Ozawa; M. Rokugo; H. Aoyama We describe two patients with pregnancy-associated pigmentary demarcation lines overlapped by erythematous changes. In both cases, there was a symmetrical well-defined erythematous pigmentation involving the buttocks and flexor aspects of the legs. After normal...

...S. Mogami; M. Muto; K. Mogami; C. Asagami We report a case of congenitally acquired herpes zoster infection in a newborn whose mother suffered from varicella in her eighth month of pregnancy. The newborn had vesicles with limited distribution on the left C7 region. Herpes zoster infection...

...John D. Seeger; Lee L. Lanza; William A. West; Carlos Fernandez; Elena Rivero Background/Aims: The effect of inflammatory skin diseases on pregnancy has been incompletely characterized. We sought to estimate the incidence of pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes among women with inflammatory skin...

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