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F. TREMAINE BILLINGS, JR., MD

Arch Intern Med. 1963;112(6):835-839.

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The florid vascular spiders which may appear as a curious complication of normal pregnancy have been described in exquisite detail by William B. Bean and his associates in a careful document written in 1949. Dr. Bean has reviewed the literature and added much data regarding the incidence and distribution of these lesions. He emphasized that they were more or less symmetrically scattered over the face, neck, upper chest, and arms. He found no relationship between any morbid condition concomitant with pregnancy and the appearance of vascular spiders. In addition he postulated that increased circulating estrogenic hormone might play a role in their appearance.

Although many authors have described these vivid and delicate anomalies, it seems appropriate to report the case history of one more prima gravida whose vascular spiders were distributed in an unusual manner.

Report of a Case

The young lady was a pediatric house officer's wife, 26 years . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NASHVILLE, TENN

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine.; Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Received for publication July 20, 1963; accepted July 23.

Aided in part by The John B. Howe Medical Research Fund.

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