A Puzzling Pruritic Pregnancy Rash

A 30-year-old woman at 34 weeks gestation presents with an intensely itchy Rash that began on her abdomen and progressed to blisters. What’s the diagnosis?

Pemphigoid gestationis


A 30-year-old pregnant woman at 34 weeks of gestation presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of an itchy rash that began on her abdomen and then spread to her thorax and extremities. Physician examination revealed papules on her abdomen and bullous blisters on her arm. What is the diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Dermatitis herpetiformis
Pemphigoid gestationis
Bullous pemphigoid
Erythema multiforme
Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP)

Autoimmune blister, Dermatology, Pemphigoid gestationis, Pregnancy, Pruritus

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