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A 26-year-old woman (gravida 1, para 0) at 36 weeks of pregnancy sought care from her family physician for a progressively itchy rash. The papular rash started within the abdominal striae and spread to her proximal extremities. The patient said that the itching “was maddening.” Her prenatal course was otherwise normal and she had no other symptoms.
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