title: Impetigo herpetiformis associated with hypocalcemia of congenital rickets.
abstract: A 30-year-old woman with congenital rickets and autosomal recessive ichthyosis developed impetigo herpetiformis in the second trimester of her first pregnancy. This condition was temporally related to her discontinuation of vitamin D supplements and subsequent hypocalcemia. No associated systemic symptoms were observed, and a healthy baby was delivered prematurely at 34 weeks' gestation. This report supports the association between hypocalcemia and impetigo herpetiformis and raises theoretical questions regarding a relationship between vitamin D metabolism and various epidermal hyperproliferative states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY 14642.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications*; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications