RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Smith, Mindy A.
A1 Chumley, Heidi S.
A1 Mayeaux, E.J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57674974
T1 Chapter 75. Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy
T2 The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176964-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57674974
RD 2024/04/24
AB A  26-year-old  pregnant  woman  presents  at  36  weeks  of  gestation  with  a  progressive  itchy  rash.  The  rash  started  within  the  abdominal  striae  (Figure  75-1)  and  spread  to  her  proximal  extremities.  This  is  her  first  pregnancy  and  she  has  never  had  any  rashes  like  this  before.  The  itching  “is  maddening.”  The  patient  is  diagnosed  with  pruritic  urticarial  papules  and  plaques  of  pregnancy  (PUPPP)  and  treated  with  topical  steroids  and  oral  antihistamines.