Paraneoplastic pemphigus mimicking toxic epidermal necrolysis: An underdiagnosed entity?

R Matthew McLarney; Rodrigo H Valdes-Rodriguez; Gabriel Isaza-Gonzalez; Jason H Miller; Sylvia Hsu; Kiran Motaparthi

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.11.002

Paraneoplastic pemphigus mimicking toxic epidermal necrolysis: An underdiagnosed entity?

JAAD Case Rep. 2017 Dec 19;4(1):67-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.11.002. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

R Matthew McLarney¹, Rodrigo H Valdes-Rodriguez¹, Gabriel Isaza-Gonzalez¹, Jason H Miller², Sylvia Hsu¹, Kiran Motaparthi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Dermatology, Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.

No abstract available

Keywords: CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; DSG, desmoglein; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; EP, envoplakin; IIF, indirect immunofluorescence; PNP, paraneoplastic pemphigus; PP, periplakin; SJS, Stevens-Johnson syndrome; Stevens-Johnson syndrome; TEN, toxic epidermal necrolysis; paraneoplastic pemphigus; toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Publication types

Case Reports