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Paraneoplastic epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with multiple myeloma
Author(s) -
Radfar Lida,
Fatahzadeh Mahnaz,
Shahamat Yasaman,
Sirois David
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2006.tb01718.x
Subject(s) - epidermolysis bullosa acquisita , medicine , dermatology , epidermolysis bullosa , bullous pemphigoid , multiple myeloma , pathology , pemphigoid , pemphigus , antibody , immunology
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita is a rare acquired autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease that clinically resembles other vesiculobullous lesions such as pemphigus vulgaris and cicatricial pemphigoid. Multiple myeloma is the most common plasma cell malignant disorder characterized by a single clonal expansion and increased level of a single immunoglobulin. Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita has been reported with other systemic diseases such as lymphoma. In this case report, we present a patient with paraneoplastic epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with multiple myeloma.