Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
- 20 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 241 (16) , 1696-1699
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.241.16.1696
Abstract
An intensely pruritic cutaneous eruption [in humans] that occurs in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy was described. The clinical manifestations include erythematous urticarial papules and plaques that begin on the abdomen and spread to involve the thighs and occasionally the buttocks and arms. This dermatosis appears to be clinically distinct from previously described pruritic eruptions occurring in pregnancy. Biopsy specimens of the lesions show 2 histological patterns. This entity should be termed pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP).This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: