Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune mucocutaneous disease associated with specific B-cell lymphoproliferative neoplasms. There has been an increasing number of individual reports in the childhood and adolescent population.
Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Immunodermatology Laboratory, 720 Rutland Ave., Ross Building, Suite 771, Baltimore MD 21205, USA.