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

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

polymorphic eruption of pregnancy PUPPP pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP)

Body Site

abdomen arm

Age

23 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This youn woman developed an intensely itcy red papular eruption on her abdomen that spread to the arms, chest, lower back, and thighs during the third trimester of her first pregnancy. The rash cleared within a month of delivery of a normal infant.

Description

symmetric diffuse primarily truncal red papular eruption

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8/1/2002 12:20:35

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