Successful treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related periaortitis
We report a 64-year-old patient with melanoma receiving ipilimumab and nivolumab therapy who presented with a periaortic soft tissue mass around the abdominal aorta on restaging fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging. Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings resulted in a diagnosis of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related periaortitis. Periaortitis is a rare disease presenting with fibro-inflammatory tissue around the aorta and may lead to serious complications. Immune checkpoint inhibitors were discontinued, and the patient was treated with glucocorticoids, leading to a complete resolution of the periaortitis. To our knowledge, this is only the third reported case of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related periaortitis.PMID:38579296 | DOI:10.57187/s.3631
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - Category: General Medicine Authors: Elias D B ührer Ian L Alberts Lisa Christ Berna C Özdemir Source Type: research
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