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Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are breakthrough monoclonal antibodies in cancer therapy developed against mechanisms that suppress the immune response. After the devastating effects of chemotherapy, these specific agents have given hope to cancer patients. However, every drug has side effects itself a...

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Autores principales: Ünlütürk, Zeynep, Karagülmez, Ahmet Mağrur, Hayti, Barış, Erdoğan, Çağdaş
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9945139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36891103
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JNRP_10_2022
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author Ünlütürk, Zeynep
Karagülmez, Ahmet Mağrur
Hayti, Barış
Erdoğan, Çağdaş
author_facet Ünlütürk, Zeynep
Karagülmez, Ahmet Mağrur
Hayti, Barış
Erdoğan, Çağdaş
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description Immune checkpoint inhibitors are breakthrough monoclonal antibodies in cancer therapy developed against mechanisms that suppress the immune response. After the devastating effects of chemotherapy, these specific agents have given hope to cancer patients. However, every drug has side effects itself and these useful drugs have theirs too. In addition to systemic side effects, there are also neurological side effects, the frequency of which is increasing day by day, although they are reported very rarely for now. Here, we present a case that has myositis-myocarditis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome. These three syndromes are very rare even to be seen alone, which are detected together. This syndrome with a very high mortality was brought under control in this case, and the fact that nivolumab treatment can be continued makes the case even more interesting. In this article, it is aimed to draw attention to this serious triple complication of immune checkpoint inhibitors and to review the relevant literature on a case basis.
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spelling pubmed-99451392023-03-07 Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor Ünlütürk, Zeynep Karagülmez, Ahmet Mağrur Hayti, Barış Erdoğan, Çağdaş J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Immune checkpoint inhibitors are breakthrough monoclonal antibodies in cancer therapy developed against mechanisms that suppress the immune response. After the devastating effects of chemotherapy, these specific agents have given hope to cancer patients. However, every drug has side effects itself and these useful drugs have theirs too. In addition to systemic side effects, there are also neurological side effects, the frequency of which is increasing day by day, although they are reported very rarely for now. Here, we present a case that has myositis-myocarditis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome. These three syndromes are very rare even to be seen alone, which are detected together. This syndrome with a very high mortality was brought under control in this case, and the fact that nivolumab treatment can be continued makes the case even more interesting. In this article, it is aimed to draw attention to this serious triple complication of immune checkpoint inhibitors and to review the relevant literature on a case basis. Scientific Scholar 2023-01-27 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9945139/ /pubmed/36891103 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JNRP_10_2022 Text en © 2023 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Ünlütürk, Zeynep
Karagülmez, Ahmet Mağrur
Hayti, Barış
Erdoğan, Çağdaş
Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor
title Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor
title_full Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor
title_fullStr Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor
title_full_unstemmed Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor
title_short Myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor
title_sort myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome depending on immune checkpoint inhibitor
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9945139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36891103
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JNRP_10_2022
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