A case of hypersensitivity to progesterone presenting as an eczematous eruption.
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Hypersensitivity to progesterone is a rare condition, and it represents a hypersensitivity reaction to endogenous progesterone. Here we report a case of a woman who presented to our attention for evaluation of a rash for a few years on her posterior elbows, forearms, and right lateral lower extremity. We report this case because it describes a rare clinical entity, with an atypical clinical presentation pemphigoid-like, that is rarely described in literature.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- European annals of allergy and clinical immunology
دوره 48 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016