Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis.
A 35-year-old woman had recurrent urticarial erythemas on her trunk and extremities for 3 years. The eruptions appeared regularly 3 to 5 days prior to menstruation and persisted for several days. The patient showed a positive skin test response to progesterone and had circulating antiprogesterone IgG antibodies. A speculative concept of the possible autoimmune damage to the ovary, the major organ producing progesterone, is discussed.
Lee
C W
CW
Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Yoon
K B
KB
Yi
J U
JU
Cho
S H
SH
D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000032:analysis
D011374:Progesterone