[Skin and genital diseases of the mother as indications for induced abortion].

Therapeutic progress in medicine has diminished the number of diseases representing indications for interruption. This is true for impetigo herpetiformis and for herpes gestationis. In scleroderma, acute lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis, the question has to be decided individually. Particularly in lupus erythematosus, contraception is to be advised because of the teratogenic side effects of therapeutic drugs. Metastases can arise in the fetus from a malignant melanoma of the mother. Whether pregnancy can promote the development or the progression of malignant melanoma, is still under discussion. Nevertheless, melanomalignoma must be regarded as an absolute indication for interruption.