title: Numerous and large Bier's spot associated with pregnancy.
abstract: We report a patient with anemic macules over cyanotic skin which started in the 8th month of a normal pregnancy. We thought that these lesions were close to Bier's spot description although it has never been described during pregnancy. The relationship with pregnancy is likely because skin lesions regress in post-partum. It probably represents an exaggerated physiological response of small vessels to venous hypertension observed during pregnancy in predisposed women.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Laennec, Centre hospitalier de Cornouaille, BP 1757, 29107 Quimper Cedex, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schoenlaub
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dupré
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Redon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plantin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology