EPIDERMOLYSIS-BULLOSA ACQUISITA AND CARCI NOMA OF THE CERVIX

Introduction. Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita may be associated to a s ystemic or malignant disease. Here, we report a case of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with a carcinoma of the cervix. Case repo rt. A 44-year-old woman presented inflammatory, bullous and erosive mu cocutaneous lesions. Investigations lead to the diagnosis of epidermol ysis bullosa acquisita and revealed pelvic metastases originating from a poorly differentiated carcinoma. The cutaneous lesions completely r egressed after the treatment of the tumor but reappeared with tumoral relapse. Discussion. This is the first report of an association of epi dermolysis bullosa acquisita and carcinoma of the cervix. The clinical course of these two entities suggests that the EBA in this case may b e paraneoplastic.