Fatal limbic encephalitis as paraneoplastic neurological syndrome in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma positive for antiamphiphysin antibody after durvalumab treatment.

Autor: Iwanaga Y; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan., Kawaguchi T; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan., Yamasaki K; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan., Sato T; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan., Kubo N; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan., Morimoto T; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan., Isoshima Y; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan., Sasahara Y; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan., Orihashi T; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan., Yatera K; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Thoracic cancer [Thorac Cancer] 2023 Jul; Vol. 14 (19), pp. 1899-1903. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 30.
DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.14933
Abstrakt: A 69-year-old Japanese male with advanced lung adenocarcinoma developed neurological symptoms after chemoradiotherapy and durvalumab maintenance therapy. He was positive for serum antiamphiphysin antibody, which is rarely seen in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Additionally, his brain magnetic resonance images showed limbic encephalitis which led to the diagnosis of classic paraneoplastic neurological syndrome (PNS). Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) activate T cells and may also activate antineuronal antibodies that cause PNS. Durvalumab, which is an ICI, may have led to antiamphiphysin antibody-positive PNS in our patient. Treatment with systemic high-dose methylprednisolone was unsuccessful and he died 2 months later. PNS should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in patients with lung cancer and neurological symptoms during, or after, ICI treatment.
(© 2023 The Authors. Thoracic Cancer published by China Lung Oncology Group and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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