Paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with pelvic inflammatory fibrosarcoma: A case report

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1014-1020

  Santi, Claudia G ^a   Sánchez Flores, Rosalba ^a   Martínez Medina, Martha ^a   Maruta, Celina W ^a   Aoki, Valeria ^a   Anhalt, Grant ^b   Rivitti, Evandro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammatory fibrosarcoma; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Paraneoplastic pemphigus; Pemphigus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; PREDNISONE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LAPAROTOMY; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID ERUPTION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PEMPHIGUS; PIGMENT DISORDER; SCREENING; SKIN EXAMINATION; STOMATITIS; ULCER;

EID: 32944476256     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00893.x     Document Type: Article

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