Releasing the brakes: a case report of pulmonary arterial hypertension induced by immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy

oleh: Matthew Glick, Chase Baxter, David Lopez, Kashif Mufti, Stephen Sawada, Tim Lahm

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wiley 2020-11-01

Deskripsi

Immune checkpoint inhibitors successfully treat various malignancies by inducing an immune response to tumor cells. However, their use has been associated with a variety of autoimmune disorders, such as diabetes, hepatitis, and pneumonitis. Pulmonary arterial hypertension due to checkpoint inhibitor use has not yet been described. We present a novel case of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren’s syndrome overlap that was induced by therapy with the checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab.