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Jonathan J D Baird-Gunning1, Dinushi Weerasinghe2, Matthew Silsby2, Yash Gawarikar3, Matteo S Carlino4, Jessica L Smith4, Steve Vucic2.
Abstract
Immunotherapy is a treatment strategy that has demonstrated survival benefit for metastatic melanoma. Ipilimumab and nivolumab are examples of immunotherapy, in which monoclonal antibodies antagonize cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and programmed death-ligand 1 receptors, respectively, resulting in upregulation of the host immune response to cancer cells. There is increasing recognition of immune-mediated adverse events associated with immune therapies in patients with cancer. We present a case report of a patient who developed Miller Fisher syndrome associated with these therapies for metastatic melanoma along with a discussion of its management.Entities:
Keywords: CTLA-4 receptor; Miller-Fisher syndrome; PD-1 receptor; immunotherapy; melanoma
Year: 2018 PMID: 30245770 PMCID: PMC6146353 DOI: 10.1177/1941874418778957
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurohospitalist ISSN: 1941-8744