Pruritic Urticarial Papules And Plaques Of Pregnancy (PUPPP) - DermAtlas

Contributor

Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP)

Body Site

leg arm

Age

24 years

Pigmentation

Organization

discrete confluent

Color

red purple

Morphology

papule

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This pruritic eruption disseminate on this healthy 24-year-old woman during the eighth month of her first preganancy and resolved within several weeks of delivery. Note the confluent areas on the abdomen and discrete lesions on the extremities.

Description

discrete and confluent symmetrically distributed disseminated round red papules and plaques some with central crusts and scale

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4/15/2006 18:13:30

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