Case Reports
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2012.e7

Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy developing postpartum: 2 case reports

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Received: 16 April 2012
Accepted: 16 April 2012
Published: 6 June 2012
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pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy, polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, dermatosis

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Ellen Cathrine Pritzier
Department of Dermato-venerology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Carsten Sauer Mikkelsen
c.s.mikkelsen@hotmail.com
Department of Dermato-venerology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP), also known as pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy, is a common benign dermatosis of pregnancy mainly affecting primigravidae and multiple pregnancies. We report here two cases of PEP with typical clinical and histological features presenting in the postpartum period.

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Pritzier EC, Mikkelsen CS. Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy developing postpartum: 2 case reports. Dermatol Reports [Internet]. 2012 Jun. 6 [cited 2026 Apr. 18];4(1):e7. Available from: https://journals.pagepress.net/dr/article/view/dr.2012.e7