| Journal: | Anais brasileiros de dermatologia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000427573 |
| ISSN: | 0365-0596 |
| Authors: | Carrasco Zuber, Juan Eduardo1 Alvarez Véliz, Sergio2 Moll Manzur, Catherina3 González Bombardiere, Sergio2 |
| Institutions: | 1Centro Médico Los Torreones, Valdivia. Chile 2Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago de Chile. Chile 3Ministerio de Salud, Departamento de Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Santiago de Chile. Chile |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | Nov-Dic |
| Volumen: | 93 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 874-877 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis is an uncommon, poorly recognized and under-diagnosed catamenial dermatosis associated with hypersensitivity reactions to progestagens. Most cases manifest as urticaria, eczema or erythema multiforme-like. A 26-year-old woman developed violaceous plaques on the groin and abdomen, 4 days after a spontaneous abortion resolved with uterine curettage. The lesions recurred once monthly at the same sites, mimicking a fixed drug eruption. Although the histopathology was compatible with fixed drug eruption, positive intradermal testing and symptomatic improvement after using oral contraceptive pills gave us a clue to the diagnosis |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Dermatología, Inmunología, Endocrinología, Enfermedades autoinmunes, Dermatitis, Progesterona, Hipersensibilidad |
| Keyword: | Dermatology, Immunology, Endocrinology, Autoimmune diseases, Dermatitis, Progesterone, Hypersensitivity |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
