[Pemphigoid gestationis and bullous lesions in the newborn].

BACKGROUND

Pemphigoid gestations is very seldom responsible for cutaneous lesions in newborns through passive transfer of the autoimmune disease from mother to infant.

CASE REPORT: We report an additional case of a newborn presenting with an extensive but transitory bullous eruption despite the absence of circulating autoantibodies.

CONCLUSION

Such examples of transplacental pemphigoid are so uncommon that the pathogenic role of IgG autoantibodies is being questioned.