title: Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis in a pregnant adolescent: case report.
abstract: Impetigo Herpetiformis is a rare pustular dermatosis that typically occurs in pregnant women with unknown etiology. A 17 year old patient who developed Impetigo Herpetiformis for the second time in the 27th week of her 2nd pregnancy is presented. The patient improved with corticosteroids treatment but the lesions did not clear completely and had flare ups during stressful periods which brings us to conclusion that Impetigo Herpetiformis at least has a common pathway with Generalized Pustular Psoriasis in the pathogenesis as stress provoked exacerbations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Yuzuncu Yil, Medical Faculty, Van, Turkey. hrsahin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: H Guler
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Huseyin Avni
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.forename: Sahin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeteroglu
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ugras
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007169:Impetigo / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids