Pemphigoid of Pregnancy.

Pemphigoid gestationis is a rare, intensely itchy rash that occurs during or just after pregnancy.

Typically, the rash starts around the navel, appears during the 2nd or 3rd trimester, and disappears within a few weeks or months after delivery.

Pemphigoid gestationis (PG)

previously called herpes gestationis

Is a rare, specific dermatosis of pregnancy.

  • It is a bullous autoimmune,
  • sub-epidermal dermatosis clinically,
  • pathogenetically similar to bullous pemphigoid.

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