Pemphigus, paraneoplastic

Mahoney, M. G., Aho, S., Uitto, J., and Stanley, J. R. (1998). The members of the plakin family of proteins recognized by paraneoplastic pemphigus antibodies include periplakin./ Invest. Derm. Ill, 308-313. 

Bullous pemphigus and pemphigoid with circulating pem-phigus-like autoantibodies, pemphigus foliaceus with anti-intercellular IgG antibodies, and paraneoplastic pemphigus due to interferon alfa have rarely been reported (SED-13,1095), as has extensive oral pemphigus (294). 

Rai KR+, J Clin Oncol 20(18), 3891 (with alemtuzumab) Paraneoplastic pemphigus... 

Pearlman AN+, Ear Nose Throat j 85(7), 431 (nasal) Paraneoplastic pemphigus... 

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease Paraneoplastic pemphigus IgM polyneuropathies Myasthenia gravis Graft versus host disease... 

Nguyen VT, Ndoye A, Bassler KD, et al. Classification, clinical manifestations, and immunopathological mechanisms of the epithelial variant of paraneoplastic autoimmune multiorgan syndrome a reappraisal of paraneoplastic pemphigus. Arch Dermatol 2001 137 193-206. 

Hasegawa Y, Shimokata K, Ichiyama S, et al. Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans and paraneoplastic pemphigus. Eur Respir J 1999 13 934—937. 

Bullous skin diseases, autoimmune. Characterized by intra-epidermal or subepidermal blisters (eg. pemphigus vulgaris, bullous pemphigoid) and highly specific autoantibodies against components of the desmosome or hemidesmosome (eg. desmoglein 3, BP 180). May be idiopathic or paraneoplastic (caused by various lymphoproliferative malignancies). 

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