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Figurate erythema with bullous pemphigoid: a true paraneoplastic phenomenon?
E Gilmour1, M Bhushan, C E Griffiths
1Dermatology Centre, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
|December 22, 1999
Abstract:
There has been controversy about the possible link between bullous pemphigoid and underlying malignancy. We report a case of bullous pemphigoid with marked figurate erythema which arose shortly before the clinical presentation of colonic carcinoma and cleared completely 1 week after its resection. We review the literature and conclude that patients who present with clinically atypical bullous pemphigoid may warrant investigation for underlying neoplasia.