A case report of neonatal convulsions due to maternal herpes gestationis.
Herpes gestationis is a rarely seen autoimmune vesiculobullous and pruritic dermatosis of pregnancy. Neonatal morbidity associated with maternal herpes gestationis is controversial. The authors report the first case of neonatal convulsion with abnormal electroencephalography findings and transient vesicular eruption due to maternal herpes gestationis.
Okumus
Nurullah
N
Division of Neonatology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. okumusn@gazi.edu.tr
Esra Onal
E
E
Turkyilmaz
Canan
C
Serdaroğlu
Ayşe
A
Atalay
Yildiz
Y
Oztaş
Murat
M
Cansu
Ali
A
Erdem
Ozlem
O
D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D006559:Pemphigoid Gestationis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000209:etiology