paraneoplastic pemphigus


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paraneoplastic pemphigus

painful mucosal erosions and polymorphous skin eruptions with biopsy findings resembling pemphigus vulgaris, associated with neoplasm and serum antibodies reactive with intercellular substance of all epithelia; usually rapidly fatal.
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par·a·ne·o·plas·tic pemph·i·gus

(par'ă-nē-ō-plas'tik pem'fi-gŭs)
Painful mucosal erosions and polymorphous skin eruptions with biopsy findings resembling pemphigus vulgaris, associated with neoplasm and serum antibodies reactive with intercellular substance of all epithelia; usually rapidly fatal.
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paraneoplastic pemphigus

Pemphigus that arises together with or sometimes before malignancy, particularly B-cell lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
See also: pemphigus
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