TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 55. Paraneoplastic Pemphigus A1 - Anhalt, Grant J. A1 - Mimouni, Daniel A2 - Goldsmith, Lowell A. A2 - Katz, Stephen I. A2 - Gilchrest, Barbara A. A2 - Paller, Amy S. A2 - Leffell, David J. A2 - Wolff, Klaus PY - 2012 T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e AB - |PrintParaneoplastic Pemphigus at a GlanceRare complication of malignancy, most commonly non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or Castleman disease.Painful, erosive stomatitis and polymorphous cutaneous lesions that may be blistering and erosive (resembling erythema multiforme), morbilliform, or lichenoid.Serum autoantibodies directed against plakin proteins that are detected by indirect immunofluorescence against rodent bladder epithelium.High mortality rate, with death due to sepsis, complications of treatment, or bronchiolitis obliterans.No consistently effective therapy, but some success with the combined use of rituximab, systemic corticosteroids, and other immunosuppressive agents. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56037677 ER -