Consider Myocarditis When Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Present with Ocular Symptoms.
Oncologist
; 27(5): e402-e405, 2022 05 06.
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| ID: mdl-35348772
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been associated with neurological immune related adverse events (irAE-N) and patients with ICI toxicity may present with neurological or ocular symptoms. Furthermore, patients on ICI may initially present to oncology or neurology. We report a case series of 3 patients treated with ICIs presenting with diplopia or ptosis, found to have concurrent myocarditis in addition to immune-related myopathy (irMyopathy) or myasthenia gravis (irMG). None of the patients described cardiac symptoms, underscoring the importance of screening for myocarditis in patients presenting with diplopia and/or other neuromuscular symptoms which may suggest either irMyopathy or irMG.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Myasthenia Gravis
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Myocarditis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Oncologist
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United kingdom