Paraneoplastic Pemphigus Involving the Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Mucosae

• Main Authors: Kentaro Odani (Author), Akane Itoh (Author), Soshi Yanagita (Author), Yasuhito Kaneko (Author), Mitsuhiro Tachibana (Author), Takashi Hashimoto (Author), Yutaka Tsutsumi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP), an autoimmune mucocutaneous disorder involving the oral and bronchial mucosae, is a rare complication of hematologic malignancy. Serologically, serum autoantibodies against varied desmosome-related proteins are of notice. PNP is often lethal due to bronchiolitis oblit...