Endemic pemphigus foliaceus in a pregnant woman. Report of one case
Galarza, C.; Gutiérrez, E.L.; Ramos, W.; Tello, M.; Ronceros, G.; Alvizuri, S.; Valverde, F.; Ortega-Loayza, A.G.
Revista Medica de Chile 137(9): 1205-1208
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-9887 PMID: 20011963 Document Number: 630272
Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF) in an autoimmune skin disease present in areas of the Amazonia. We report a 36 year-old woman who presented EPF at 17 weeks of pregnancy. At 29 weeks, she started antimicrobial treatment and steroids. At the moment of delivery, the disease was in remission and cutaneous lesions were not seen in the neonate. Indirect immunofluorescence titers of total IgG in the mother and in the neonate were negative. Sixteen months later, IgG titers in the offspring were 1/20 and remained negative in the mother, who was on low doses of oral corticosteroids.