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Recurrent herpes gestationis with postpartum flare: a case report
L V Baxi1, O P Kovilam, M H Collins
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of herpes gestationis recurring in each pregnancy, with a postpartum flare-up in the last pregnancy, is described. The diagnosis was confirmed by skin biopsy. The first pregnancy ended in a term stillbirth, but there were favorable outcomes in four subsequent pregnancies. Histopathologic examination of the placentas of the last three pregnancies revealed varying grades of villositis. Symptoms improved with oral corticosteroids.