clinical features

Last reviewed 01/2018

Clinical features include:

• occurs during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
• very rare during first pregnencies, more common during successive pregnancies
• starts as pruritic urticarial plaques:
• initial sites include the periumbilical area, around the mouth, palms and soles
• later lesions may become widespread
• after about 4 weeks bullous lesions appear
• bullous lesions resolve about 4 weeks post-partum