Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy

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Pruritic urticarial papules and
plaques of pregnancy

DDx Ref       25 • 82 • 84

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The eruption appears suddenly in the third trimester. Red papules begin, in 90% of cases, in the striae of the abdomen.

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Lesions rapidly spread to the abdomen and increase in number. Itching is moderate to intense, but there are no excoriations.

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