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Pemphigus during pregnancy is discussed as an indication for therapeutic abortion. The case of a 46-year-old woman, suffering from pemphigus for 2 years, who had a therapeutic abortion in the 17-18th week of pregnancy, is described. Pemphigus had been aggravated by pregnancy, and the patient was treated with corticosteroids, since maternal prognosis depends upon early and massive cortisone treatment. Abortion was indicated because of the fetal deformities and pregnancy complications ascribed to corticosteroids by many authors. Incomplete abortion was induced by saline injection followed by oxytocin slow drip infusion, and instrumental emptying of the uterine cavity. The patient died 1 month later of bronchopulmonary complications of pemphigus. Pemphigus in pregnancy is compared with cervical cancer in the discussion of indications for therapeutic abortion.
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PMID:Pemphigus and pregnancy. Review of the literature and description of a case. 1233 85