A case report of paraneoplastic bullous pemphigoid associated with mantle cell lymphoma: A rare presentation. 2023

Ahmad Bakhtiar Md Radzi, and Sazzli Shahlan Kasim
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.

BACKGROUND We report a rare case of paraneoplastic bullous pemphigoid associated with mantle cell lymphoma. METHODS The patient presented with 5 months' history of generalized skin itchiness, night sweat and loss of weight. The skin manifestations started over the foot and hand area. However, he started to developed tense blisters over the face, trunk and limbs 3 days prior to this admission. METHODS The skin biopsy report showed subepidermal bullae, in which the immunofluorescence findings in keeping with bullous pemphigoid. The peripheral blood immunophenotyping was suggestive of mantle cell lymphoma. Hence, a diagnosis of paraneoplastic bullous pemphigoid associated with mantle cell lymphoma was made. METHODS The patient was initiated with a cytoreduction chemotherapy. RESULTS Unfortunately, patient's condition deteriorated further due to neutropenic sepsis and he succumbed after 2 weeks of intensive care. CONCLUSIONS Bullous pemphigoid associated with mantle cell lymphoma are very rare. The presentation of bullous pemphigoid led to the detection of mantle cell lymphoma. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment is crucial in managing this aggressive type of the disease. Both, bullous pemphigoid and mantle cell lymphoma had a parallel clinical course which suggests a paraneoplastic phenomenon in this reported case.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010391 Pemphigoid, Bullous A chronic and relatively benign subepidermal blistering disease usually of the elderly and without histopathologic acantholysis. Pemphigoid,Bullous Pemphigoid,Pemphigoids
D001768 Blister Visible accumulations of fluid within or beneath the epidermis. Bulla,Vesication,Bleb,Bullae,Bullous Lesion,Blebs,Blisters,Bullous Lesions,Lesion, Bullous,Lesions, Bullous,Vesications
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001323 Autoantibodies Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them. Autoantibody
D012867 Skin The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D020522 Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell A form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma having a usually diffuse pattern with both small and medium lymphocytes and small cleaved cells. It accounts for about 5% of adult non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the United States and Europe. The majority of mantle-cell lymphomas are associated with a t(11;14) translocation resulting in overexpression of the CYCLIN D1 gene (GENES, BCL-1). Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Diffuse, Poorly-Differentiated,Lymphoma, Centrocytic Small-Cell,Lymphoma, Lymphocytic, Diffuse, Intermediate Differentiated,Lymphoma, Lymphocytic, Diffuse, Poorly-Differentiated,Lymphoma, Lymphocytic, Intermediate,Lymphoma, Small-Cell, Centrocytic,Mantle-Cell Lymphoma,Mantle-Zone Lymphoma,Diffuse Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Poorly-Differentiated,Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Diffuse, Poorly Differentiated,Centrocytic Small-Cell Lymphoma,Centrocytic Small-Cell Lymphomas,Diffuse Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Poorly Differentiated,Lymphoma, Centrocytic Small Cell,Lymphoma, Mantle Cell,Lymphoma, Mantle-Zone,Lymphomas, Centrocytic Small-Cell,Lymphomas, Mantle-Cell,Lymphomas, Mantle-Zone,Mantle Cell Lymphoma,Mantle Zone Lymphoma,Mantle-Cell Lymphomas,Mantle-Zone Lymphomas,Small-Cell Lymphoma, Centrocytic,Small-Cell Lymphomas, Centrocytic

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