Psoriasis, Psoriasis, Pustular, Impetigo Herpetiformis - DermAtlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

psoriasis psoriasis, pustular impetigo herpetiformis

Body Site

total body abdomen

Age

28 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 28 year old woman developed fever, hypotension, leukocytosis, widespread erythema, and pustules at 34 weeks gestation during her first pregnancy. She was hospitalized for several months, and the eruption resolved within the first month after delivery of a normal full term infant. A skin biopsy showed changes typical of pustular psoriasis.

Description

diffuse red scaly eruption studded with pustules

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8/1/2002 13:38:25

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