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World J Clin Cases. Jul 26, 2020; 8(14): 3097-3107
Published online Jul 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i14.3097
Intra-abdominal inflammatory pseudotumor-like follicular dendritic cell sarcoma associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus: A case report and review of the literature
Jia-Yi Zhuang, Fang-Fei Zhang, Qing-Wen Li, Yong-Feng Chen
Jia-Yi Zhuang, Fang-Fei Zhang, Qing-Wen Li, Yong-Feng Chen, Department of Dermatology, Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University/Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital, Guangzhou 510091, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the study; Zhuang JY wrote the manuscript and analysed the data; Chen YF was the patient’s treating doctor and was responsible for the revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Zhang FF and Li QW collected the data; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Yong-Feng Chen, MD, Professor, Department of Dermatology, Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University/Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital, No. 2, Lujing Road, Guangzhou 510091, Guangdong Province, China. gdcyf@163.com
Received: May 18, 2020
Peer-review started: May 18, 2020
First decision: June 4, 2020
Revised: June 9, 2020
Accepted: June 29, 2020
Article in press: June 29, 2020
Published online: July 26, 2020
Core Tip

Core tip: To date, 32 cases of paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP)-associated follicular dendritic cell (FDC) sarcomas have been reported in the English literature. Inflammatory pseudotumor-like FDC sarcoma was described as an underlying neoplasm of PNP in only two cases. Here, we report a case that PNP was the patient’s first symptom of an intra-abdominal inflammatory pseudotumor-like FDC sarcoma, and review the related literature.