title: A case of hypersensitivity to progesterone presenting as an eczematous eruption.
abstract: Hypersensitivity to progesterone is a rare condition, and it represents a hypersensitivity reaction to endogenous progesterone. Here we report a case of a woman who presented to our attention for evaluation of a rash for a few years on her posterior elbows, forearms, and right lateral lower extremity. We report this case because it describes a rare clinical entity, with an atypical clinical presentation pemphigoid-like, that is rarely described in literature.
authors.affiliation: UOC Dermatology, NESMOS Department, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy. Antonella Tammaro, UOC Dermatology, NESMOS Department Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome Sapienza Via di Grottarossa, 1035, Roma, Italy Phone: +39 06 3377 5979 Fax: +39 06 3377 5378 E-mail: tammaroantonella@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tammaro
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tuchinda
authors.affiliation: UOC Dermatology, NESMOS Department, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pigliacelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Halvorson
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.affiliation: UOC Dermatology, NESMOS Department, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Persechino
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gaspari
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases; D004485:Eczema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity; D011374:Progesterone
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone
keywords: allergy; dermatitis; hormone; progesterone; sensitivity