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Case Reports
. 2024 Sep 24:12:2050313X241283601.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X241283601. eCollection 2024.

A Case of Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis post-intrauterine device placement in rural occupied Palestine

Ibrahim Alheeh  1 , Neveen Shalalfeh  1 , Shatha Wajeeh  2 , Rou'a Farah  2 , Rahaf Farah  2
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A Case of Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis post-intrauterine device placement in rural occupied Palestine

Ibrahim Alheeh et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis is considered a rare cyclical autoimmune reaction to endogenous progesterone in fertile females that is characterized by skin lesions ranging from mild urticaria to anaphylaxis. A 30-year-old woman who had an intrauterine device placed, presented to her family medicine clinic with erythema and some edematous lesions, and pruritus. The skin biopsy showed perivascular infiltrate with neutrophils and was diagnosed as autoimmune progesterone dermatitis. Treatment included intrauterine device removal and treatment with tamoxifen. This is the first documented case of autoimmune progesterone dermatitis in occupied Palestine.

Keywords: Dermatitis; family medicine; intrauterine device; skin.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Skin rash post-IUD insertion.IUD, intrauterine device.
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