PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM AND PREGNANCY

We report the case of a pregnant woman suffering from pseudoxanthoma elasticum with typical cutaneous manifestations, arteritis of the lower limbs and angioid striae. The course of pregnancy was marked by transient inflection of the foetal growth curve with return to normal after a few weeks of rest in hospital. Delivery was effected by caesarean section in the 35th week of amenorrhoea; the placenta contained numerous calcifications. Two years after pregnancy, our patient experienced aggravation of skin lesions, but the arteritis and the ocular involvement remained unchanged. These <<at risk>> pregnancies must be closely monitored.