Fast Facts for Board Review

Dermatoses of Pregnancy

Dr. Pichardo-Geisinger is Associate Professor of Dermatology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The author reports no conflict of interest.


 

1. Which dermatosis of pregnancy occurs during the third trimester and is associated with multiple gestation pregnancies?

a. atopic eruption of pregnancy

b. gestational pemphigoid

c. intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

d. prurigo of pregnancy

e. pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy

2. Which dermatosis of pregnancy frequently flares after delivery?

a. atopic eruption of pregnancy

b. gestational pemphigoid

c. polymorphic eruption of pregnancy

d. prurigo gravidarum

e. prurigo of pregnancy

3. Which dermatosis of pregnancy has lesions that have a predilection for the abdominal striae?

a. cholestasis of pregnancy

b. gestational pemphigoid

c. prurigo gestationis

d. prurigo of pregnancy

e. pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy

4. Which dermatosis of pregnancy has a risk for the development of hydatidiform moles and choriocarcinomas?

a. atopic eruption of pregnancy

b. cholestasis of pregnancy

c. gestational pemphigoid

d. pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy

e. toxic erythema of pregnancy

5. Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy has been associated with:

a. fetal mortality as high as 13%

b. jaundice in 20% of cases

c. onset in the third trimester of pregnancy

d. recurrence in subsequent pregnancies

e. all of the above

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