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Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer

We herein report a 74-year-old man who developed Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) during atezolizumab treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. He was started on maintenance immunotherapy with atezolizumab every three weeks after four cycles of atezolizumab plus carboplatin plus...

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Autores principales: Kunii, Eiji, Owaki, Sota, Yamada, Kazuki, Yoshihara, Misuzu, Yamaba, Yusuke, Takakuwa, Osamu, Toyoda, Takanari, Akita, Kenji
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34707051
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8387-21
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author Kunii, Eiji
Owaki, Sota
Yamada, Kazuki
Yoshihara, Misuzu
Yamaba, Yusuke
Takakuwa, Osamu
Toyoda, Takanari
Akita, Kenji
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Owaki, Sota
Yamada, Kazuki
Yoshihara, Misuzu
Yamaba, Yusuke
Takakuwa, Osamu
Toyoda, Takanari
Akita, Kenji
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description We herein report a 74-year-old man who developed Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) during atezolizumab treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. He was started on maintenance immunotherapy with atezolizumab every three weeks after four cycles of atezolizumab plus carboplatin plus etoposide combination therapy. After 13 cycles of maintenance atezolizumab therapy, he complained of muscular weakness and fatigue. Findings from a nerve conduction study and positive findings for anti-P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibody resulted in a diagnosis of LEMS. This was a rare case of LEMS as a neurological immune-related adverse event induced by atezolizumab therapy.
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spelling pubmed-92593172022-07-19 Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer Kunii, Eiji Owaki, Sota Yamada, Kazuki Yoshihara, Misuzu Yamaba, Yusuke Takakuwa, Osamu Toyoda, Takanari Akita, Kenji Intern Med Case Report We herein report a 74-year-old man who developed Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) during atezolizumab treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. He was started on maintenance immunotherapy with atezolizumab every three weeks after four cycles of atezolizumab plus carboplatin plus etoposide combination therapy. After 13 cycles of maintenance atezolizumab therapy, he complained of muscular weakness and fatigue. Findings from a nerve conduction study and positive findings for anti-P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibody resulted in a diagnosis of LEMS. This was a rare case of LEMS as a neurological immune-related adverse event induced by atezolizumab therapy. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021-10-26 2022-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9259317/ /pubmed/34707051 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8387-21 Text en Copyright © 2022 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Kunii, Eiji
Owaki, Sota
Yamada, Kazuki
Yoshihara, Misuzu
Yamaba, Yusuke
Takakuwa, Osamu
Toyoda, Takanari
Akita, Kenji
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer
title Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer
title_full Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer
title_fullStr Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer
title_short Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-cell Lung Cancer
title_sort lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome caused by atezolizumab in a patient with small-cell lung cancer
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34707051
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8387-21
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