Herpes gestationis--oral corticosteroids cannot be avoided
Pönnighaus, J.M.; Ziegler, H.; Kowalzick, L.
Zentralblatt für Gynakologie 120(11): 548-550
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4197 PMID: 9880893 Document Number: 492973
An immunpathologically proven gestational herpes case is presented. Herpes gestationis may begin at any stage of pregnancy but it is usually seen during the second trimester. As a rule oral prednisolone therapy is required. We report on a patient who initially insisted on local therapy only. However this local treatment with steroids proved to be insufficient.