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Neurotoxicity as a rare side effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors. A case report and review of the literature

verfasst von: Simon Udovica, Kathrin Strasser-Weippl, Eva Fischer, Dora Niedersüß-Beke

Erschienen in: memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology | Ausgabe 2/2022

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Neurotoxicity is a rare but often fatal immune-related adverse event (irAE). Here we report the case of a 73-year-old woman treated with pembrolizumab for metastatic bladder cancer who developed aseptic meningoencephalitis after two courses of immunotherapy. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) showed disseminated dot-like lesions in the terminal vascular bed of both hemispheres suggesting aseptic meningitis or vasculitis. No infectious cause could be identified in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analyses. She was treated with high-dose steroids and pre-emptive antiviral/antibiotic therapy. The patient died 6 days after onset of symptoms.

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Titel: Neurotoxicity as a rare side effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors. A case report and review of the literature
verfasst von: Simon Udovica
Kathrin Strasser-Weippl
Eva Fischer
Dora Niedersüß-Beke
Publikationsdatum: 09.05.2022
Verlag: Springer Vienna
Erschienen in: memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology / Ausgabe 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1865-5041
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-5076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12254-022-00805-w

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