Paraneoplastic pemphigus - a rare autoimmune complication in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Abstract

This is a case report of the 64-year-old male patient who suffered of previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and paraneoplastic pemphigus. He was treated with prednisolone, MabThera, chlorambucil and cyclophosphamide. The patient achieved remission of CLL, and all symptoms of paraneoplastic pemphigus disappeared. During the year after the treatment he has good performance status, and receives only low doses of chlorambucil and prednisolone.

Keywords

• paraneoplastic pemphigus
• cll
• prednisolone
• leukeran
• mabthera