title: Resolution of bullous pemphigoid and improvement of vitiligo after successful treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
abstract: The significance of the association of malignant diseases with bullous pemphigoid is still unknown. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin associated with both bullous pemphigoid and vitiligo. It is possible that there is a common underlying pathogenic mechanism involved in the co-existence of these three skin diseases as successful treatment of the carcinoma was accompanied by resolution of the bullous pemphigoid and improvement of the vitiligo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tagami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications*