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Annular vasculitis associated with pregnancy
Author(s) -
KELLY R.I.,
COOK M.G.,
MARSDEN R.A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb00493.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , vasculitis , rash , dermatology , skin biopsy , erythema , biopsy , pathology , disease , genetics , biology
Summary A 29‐year‐old woman presented in the 31st week of pregnancy with an unusual bilateral, erythematous eruption on the posterior calves, which clinically resembled erythema annulare centrifugum. A biopsy showed features of a mild leucocytoclastic vasculitis. Within 2 days of delivery the rash had almost resolved, suggesting that its activity was related to the pregnancy. The diagnosis is consistent with ‘annular vasculitis’. which we suggest represents a distinct variant of leucocytoclastic vasculitis, and a distinct clinicopathological entity. We are not aware of any previous reports of an association between annular vasculitis and pregnancy.