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ArticleBMC endocrine disorders2020

New-onset graves' disease after the initiation of nivolumab therapy for gastric cancer: a case report.

Hiroshi Yamada, Fumitaka Okajima, Takeshi Onda, Shunji Fujimori, Naoya Emoto, Hitoshi Sugihara

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Article in BMC endocrine disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroshi YamadaDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan. y-hiroshi@nms.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1674-3784
Fumitaka OkajimaDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Takeshi OndaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715, Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1694, Japan.
Shunji FujimoriDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715, Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1694, Japan.
Naoya EmotoDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Hitoshi SugiharaDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Nippon Medical School · JPChiba Hokusou Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can induce immune-related adverse events (irAEs) including thyroid dysfunction. There are only a few reports on Graves' disease induced by ICIs. We report a case of new-onset Graves' disease after the initiation of nivolumab therapy in a patient receiving gastric cancer treatment. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was a 66-year-old Japanese man, who was administered nivolumab (240 mg every 3 weeks) as a third-line therapy for stage IVb gastric cancer. His thyroid function was normal before the initiation of nivolumab therapy. However, he developed thyrotoxicosis before the third administration of nivolumab. Elevated, bilateral, and diffuse uptake of radioactive tracer was observed in the

conclusionsThis is the first complete report of a case of new-onset Graves' disease after starting nivolumab therapy, confirmed by diffusely increased thyroid uptake in scintigraphy and the positive conversion of antibodies against thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor. It is important to perform thyroid scintigraphy and ultrasonography to accurately diagnose and treat ICI-induced thyrotoxicosis, because there are various cases in which Graves' disease is developed with negative and positive TRAb titres.

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AdenocarcinomaAgedGraves DiseaseHumansJapanMaleMethimazoleNivolumabPotassium IodideRemission InductionStomach NeoplasmsThyroid GlandMethimazoleNivolumabPotassium Iodide99mTc-pertechnetate scintigraphyGraves’ diseaseImmune checkpoint inhibitorNivolumabThyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibodyThyrotoxicosis

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PMID32847555
PMCPMC7449083
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