Benign mucous membrane pemphigoid of the upper aero-digestive tract: Rare paraneoplastic syndrome presentation in renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-239

  Saravanan, K ^a,b   Baer, S T ^a   Meredith, A ^a   Dyson, A ^a   Von Der Werth, Jan ^a  

^a St Leonards on Sea   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway Obstruction; Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid; Paraneoplastic Syndromes; Renal Carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DAPSONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CICATRICIAL PEMPHIGOID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX STENOSIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PEMPHIGOID; PHARYNX DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; STRIDOR; TRACHEOTOMY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 33645283880     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106000193     Document Type: Article

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