Acta medica portuguesa 2004-01-01

[Herpes gestationis].

João S Mairos, Concetta P Veca, Rui Ribeiro

Index: Acta Med. Port. 17(1) , 107-9, (2004)

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Abstract

Herpes Gestationis is a serious dermatological disease, albeit rare, associated to pregnancy or to the trophoblast diseases. Contrary to what the name suggests, it is not a viral disease but an auto-immune disease. We present the clinical case of a 38 year-old woman to whom a case of Herpes Gestationis was diagnosed when she was 15 weeks pregnant and whom has been treated with corticosteroids and antihistamine's showing positive results and without major complications for the mother or the embryo. The authors are undertaking a review of the existing literature, based on this clinic case.