TY  - JOUR
T1  - Herpes gestationis: A clinicopathologic study
AU  - Hertz KC, Katz SI, Maize J, Ackerman A
Y1  - 1976/11/01
N1  - 10.1001/archderm.1976.01630350019005
JO  - Archives of Dermatology
SP  - 1543
EP  - 1548
VL  - 112
IS  - 11
N2  - • 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. Histologically, these lesions showed a moderately dense, mixed-inflammatory cell infiltrate around superficial and deep dermal blood vessels, and focal necrosis of epidermal basal cells. Papillary dermal edema, subepidermal bullae, and spongiosis were prominent. Eosinophils were frequently present in the subepidermal and intraepidermal vesicles. Differentiation of herpes gestationis from other blistering diseases and other dermatitides of pregnancy may be difficult.(Arch Dermatol 112:1543-1548, 1976)
SN  - 0003-987X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archderm.1976.01630350019005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1976.01630350019005
ER  -