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Article: Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis.(Disease Management)(Clinical report)
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- Dermatology Nursing
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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A patient presents to your office with very painful ulcers inside her mouth. A cluster of red, raised lesions on the lower aspect of the left scapula and target lesions on the palms of her hands are also present. She explains that a few months earlier she had been diagnosed with what was thought to be Stevens-Johnson syndrome and was started on prednisone, which relieved her symptoms. She reports her symptoms begin approximately 5 to 7 days prior to the start of her menses and resolve approximately 4 to 5 days after the end of her menses. The lesions are erythema multiforme and urticarial. The oral mucosal lesions are red, raw, and extend to the outer part of the lips. ...