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Mucosal dominant-type pemphigus vulgaris associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumor Volume 24, issue 4, July-August 2014

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1 Department of Dermatology,
3 Department of Otolaryngology,
Kinki University Faculty of Medicine,
377-2 Ohno-Higashi,
Osaka-Sayama,
Osaka 589-8511,
Japan
2 Department of Dermatology,
Kurume University School of Medicine and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology,
Kurume,
Japan

Mucosal dominant-type pemphigus vulgaris (PV) sera react with the cadherin-type cell-cell adhesion molecule, desmoglein 3 (Dsg3), while mucocutaneous-type PV sera react with both Dsg3 and Dsg1. Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) sera react with a number of different proteins, mainly various plakin family proteins [1]. Most PNP cases are associated with different neoplasms, mainly hematological tumors. PV cases are also occasionally associated with neoplasms [2, 3]. Herein, we report a case of mucosal [...]