[Diagnostic image (103). A pregnant woman with itching].
A 30-year-old woman in her first, twin, pregnancy presented with progressive erythematous edematous papulae and pruritus at 31 weeks amenorrhoea. She was diagnosed with polymorphic eruption of pregnancy. The symptoms disappeared after elective cesarean section at 36 weeks.
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Afd. Gynaecologie, Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
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D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology*; D014427:Twins