A 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks of gestation presents to the GP with pruritic papules and vesicles on the abdomen, spreading to the limbs. The rash sp...

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A 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks of gestation presents to the GP with pruritic papules and vesicles on the abdomen, spreading to the limbs. The rash spares the face and mucous membranes. She has no history of atopic eczema. She is afebrile. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Pemphigoid gestationis

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Chickenpox

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Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP)

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Atopic eruption of pregnancy

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Obstetric cholestasis

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Pemphigoid Gestationis

A 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks of gestation presents to the GP with pruritic papules and vesicles on the abdomen, spreading to the limbs. The rash spares the face and mucous membranes. She has no history of atopic eczema. She is afebrile. What is the most likely diagnosis?