Table 2.
Year | Authors | Patient's age (y) | Previous gestations | DIF used for diagnosis | The first skin lesions were seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Tillman [9] | 42 | 2 | No | 7 days after abortion |
1974 | Dupont [10]† | — | — | — | — |
1975 | Yasue [11] | 53 | 4 | Yes | Before D&C |
1981 | Tindall et al. [12] | 28 | 5 | Yes | 3 days after D&C |
2013 | This report | 19 | 0 | Yes | 3 days after spontaneous expulsion and D&C |
D&C: dilatation and curettage; DIF: direct immunofluorescence.
All cases were complete hydatidiform moles.
†We could not obtain details of the literature.