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A premenstrual urticarial eruption treated with bilateral oophorectomy and hysterectomy
- Source :
- Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 13:114-116
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1988.
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Abstract
- Summary Recurrent episodes of urticaria and erythema multiforme which occur in the luteal phase of each menstrual cycle are well recognized, albeit rare. This clinical entity was described by Hart (1977)1 and attributed to a hypersensitivity to endogenous progesterone. We report a patient with a cyclical urticarial eruption which commenced during pregnancy and recurred pre-menstrually over a period of 11 years. Her symptoms were controlled by suppressing ovulation and finally by bilateral oophorectomy and hysterectomy. Post-operative challenge with an oral oestrogen resulted in a prompt recurrence of the eruption, whereas the administration of a progesterone had no effect. We suggest that this premenstrual eruption was oestrogen-rattier than progesterone-dependent.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Urticaria
Ovariectomy
medicine.medical_treatment
media_common.quotation_subject
Dermatology
Luteal Phase
Luteal phase
Hysterectomy
Bilateral oophorectomy
medicine
Humans
Erythema multiforme
skin and connective tissue diseases
Ovulation
Menstrual cycle
media_common
Gynecology
Pregnancy
business.industry
medicine.disease
Female
Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652230 and 03076938
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3403d2bca7fc2782c3fab2a8c3e758cc