Petropoulou Haritini, Politis George, Panagakis Pantelis, Hatziolou Eftihia, Aroni Kiriaki, Kontochristopoulos George
Second Department of Dermatology and Venereology, A. Sygros Hospital, Athens, Greece.
J Dermatol. 2008 Jun;35(6):341-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00481.x.
Immunoglobulin (Ig)A pemphigus is a rare disease marked by a vesiculopustular eruption characterized by intercellular IgA deposition in the epidermis. It has clinical and histopathological heterogeneity and encompasses two subgroups: subcorneal pustular dermatosis type and intraepidermal neutrophilic IgA dermatosis type. IgA pemphigus has been rarely associated with monoclonal IgA paraprotein, myeloma and B-cell lymphoma in the past. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of a 47-year-old male patient with a subcorneal pustular dermatosis type of IgA pemphigus associated with IgA gammopathy and lung cancer.