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- Title
Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Multi-organ Syndrome: Association with Retroperitoneal Kaposi's Sarcoma.
- Authors
Ghigliotti, Giovanni; Zenzo, Giovanni Di; Cozzani, Emanuele; Rongioletti, Franco; De Col, Elena; Pastorino, Carlotta; Murialdo, Giovanni; Parodi, Aurora
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 70-year-old man who was presented with paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) associated with retroperitoneal Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). It mentions the patient's suprabasal intraepidermal blistering skin lesion, the administration of the oral prednisone and treatment with glucocorticoids, and the skin biopsy which revealed lichenoid infiltrate, a histological features of KS.
- Subjects
TISSUE wounds; PREDNISONE; THERAPEUTIC use of glucocorticoids; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2016, Vol 96, Issue 2, p261
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-2169