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Successful treatment of paraneoplastic pemphigus and bronchiolitis obliterans associated with follicular lymphoma with obinutuzumab and bendamustine.

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We herein report the rare case of a 72-year-old female who presented with paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) and bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) associated with follicular lymphoma (FL), who was successfully treated with… Click to show full abstract

We herein report the rare case of a 72-year-old female who presented with paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) and bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) associated with follicular lymphoma (FL), who was successfully treated with obinutuzumab (GA101; G) and bendamustine (B). The patient had severe erosive stomatitis and bilateral conjunctival hyperemia that persisted for more than 6 months. A huge mass was found in the abdominal cavity, and a biopsy revealed grade 1 FL (stage IV). Based on a lip biopsy result, the patient was diagnosed with PNP associated FL. The patient received bendamustine and obinutuzumab (BG) chemotherapy and FL and PNP responded very well, but BO was additionally associated during the course of BG. BO progressed without exacerbation as BG therapy progressed to a 2 year maintenance therapy with G, and combination of azithromycin, inhaled bronchodilator therapy, and corticosteroid. She was followed up at the outpatient department with no pulmonary function decline or FL and PNP recurrence. Our case suggests that BG could be a promising treatment option for PNP and BO.

Keywords: obliterans associated; follicular lymphoma; paraneoplastic pemphigus; associated follicular; bronchiolitis obliterans

Journal Title: Current problems in cancer
Year Published: 2021

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