[A conjugally exacerbated allergy: procuration dermatosis].

Abstract

A young woman presented two distinct vesiculobullous dermatoses sharing in common her husband's imputability. She suffered from contact dermatitis due to colophony used by her husband who was violinist. During her second pregnancy, pemphigoid gestationis was diagnosed. This autoimmune disease is directed to the father's HLA class II present on the placenta. The same antibodies also interact with the dermo-epidermal junction in the mother where they induce blisters.

• Authors: O Martalo, A L Fraiture, C Piérard-Franchimont, G E Piérard
• Journal: Revue medicale de Liege (Rev Med Liege) Vol. 57 Issue 5 Pg. 320-3 (May 2002) ISSN: 0370-629X [Print] Belgium
• Vernacular Title: Une allergie conjugale exacerbée: les dermatoses par procuration.
• PMID: 12143180 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
• Resins, Plant
• rosin

Topics

• Adult
• Dermatitis, Contact (etiology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Histocompatibility Antigens Class II (immunology)
• Humans
• Male
• Pemphigoid, Bullous (etiology, immunology)
• Placenta (immunology)
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications (immunology)
• Resins, Plant (adverse effects)
• Spouses