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Rare disease
Pemphigus vulgaris in a pregnant woman and her neonate
  1. Sameera Begum Kader Ibrahim1,
  2. Yashodhara BM2,
  3. Shashikiran Umakanth3,
  4. Sachchithanatham Kanagasabai1
  1. 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia
  2. 2Department of Medicine, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia
  3. 3Department of Medicine, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Shashikiran Umakanth, shashikiranu{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 23-year-old pregnant woman in her second trimester of pregnancy presented with blisters on the face, abdomen and the leg. Based on the clinical presentation and skin biopsy (histopathology and direct immunofluorescence) the diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris was established. The child born to this patient also had similar skin lesions. The lesions in the mother and the child improved after treatment. The authors report a rare case of pemphigus vulgaris in a pregnant lady and neonatal pemphigus in her child, both of whom were treated successfully.

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