Pregnancy associated with pemphigus
Pregnancy associated with pemphigus
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妊娠与天疱疮有关
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
J. Lessing
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作者:
Y. Daniel;M. Shenhav;A. Botchan;M. Peyser;J. Lessing
Case report A 24 year old healthy, Ashkenazi Jewish woman complained of intermittent vulval and left axillary lesions for two years. The lesions included vegetation, erosion and pustules covered with crusts. Vulva1 biopsy demonstrated hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, suprabasal cleft formation, acantholysis, papillomatosis, and eosinophilic infiltration of the dermis and epidermis. Immunofluorescence showed precipitation of immunoglobulin-G (IgG) and C, in the intercellular spaces of the epidermis. Electron microscopy demonstrated destruction of desmosomes. Based on these findings, pemphigus vegetans was diagnosed. Serum indirect immunofluorescence was negative. Histocompatibility antigens (HLA) typing demonstrated A-1 1, A-28, B-14, B-35, CW4, DR1, DRW1, and BW6 alleles. Steroid treatment with 80 mg fluorcortolone (Ultralan, Schering AG/Berlin) was started, and later azathioprine (100 mg/day) was added, in addition to local treatment with wet dressings and antibiotics. Gradual healing was accompanied by the development of hyperkeratosis and fissure formation in the vulval skin. Two years later, during one of her remissions, she conceived. The pregnancy was uneventful with a vaginal delivery at term of a healthy newborn. In subsequent years she suffered from intermittent flare-ups of the disease that were restricted to the vulva. She was treated with steroids during the flare-ups, but later tried homeopathy. During her second pregnancy there was a severe exacerbation of the disease, and at 26 weeks of pregnancy she was admitted to hospital. On admission, bullae and crustae covered an extensive part of her skin and mucous membranes. The labia majora were covered with erosions, with no vegetations or pustules. Skin biopsy showed typical pemphigus vulgaris changes with acantolysis, suprabasal cleft formation, and direct immunofluorescence demonstrated IgG autoantibodies within the intercellular spaces of the epidermis. There was no eosinophyllic infiltration in the dermis or epidermis. Indirect immunofluorescence demonstrated a titre of 1 : 80 serum IgG autoantibodies against the intercellular space of the epidermis. Based on these findings, pemphigus vulgaris was
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Becker,BA;Gaspari,AA
通讯作者:
Gaspari,AA