ISSN: 1300-0330
Dil: Türkçe, İngilizce
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A Case Of Paraneoplastic Pemphigus Associated With Pancreatic Carcinoma
Emel BÜLBÜL BAŞKAN, MD,a Hakan TURAN, MD,a Şükran TUNALI, MD,a Şaduman BALABAN ADIM, MD,b
Departments of aDermatology, bPathology, Uludağ University School of Medicine, BURSA
Paraneoplastic pemphigus, a rare form of autoimmune blistering diseases, may present with polymorphic cutaneous lesions such as erythema, papulosquamous eruptions, bullae, targetoid lesions or lichenoid eruptions. The disease is usually accompanied by hematologic malignancies, while few cases presenting in association with non-hematologic neoplasms have also been reported. To our knowledge, only one case with pancreatic carcinoma has been reported previously. The diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma located in the corpus is often delayed because of its asymptomatic course and absence of a specific laboratory marker. Here, we describe a male patient with fatal paraneoplastic pemphigus resistant to conventional therapy and found to be associated with an underlying occult pancreatic carcinoma.Keywords: Pemfigus; pankreas kanseriTurkiye Klinikleri J Dermatol 2008, 18:44-47
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