Open AccessRadiotherapy-Associated Paraneoplastic Pemphigus and Its Complications in a Patient with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Ali Hamza Khair,
Aimen Asim Dar,
Abu Baker Sheikh,
Aamir Iftikhar Malik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_002026
Subject(s) - medicine , paraneoplastic pemphigus , mucocutaneous zone , pemphigus , dermatology , pemphigus vulgaris , radiation therapy , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , malignancy , occult , radiology , disease , pathology , autoantibody , immunology , alternative medicine , antibody
Paraneoplastic pemphigus arising in association with non-haematological cancers is extremely rare, and there are no reported cases of a patient developing this in the setting of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and only 2 reported cases of patients developing this in response to radiotherapy. Here, we present the case of a patient who developed radiotherapy-associated paraneoplastic pemphigus in the setting of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and who then developed multiple complications.