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Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer - Coincidence or patho-genetic relationship?
Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG - 1 Oct 2007
Busch Jan-Ole, Sticherling Michael
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is unknown. EBA may be associated with other autoimmune systemic diseases; it also has been described in connection with different malignant tumors, showing complete remission after successful treatment of the tumor. In such cases, EBA may be regarded as a paraneo-plastic dermatosis. We detected a highly differentiated neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer in a...
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