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ArticleCureus2024

A Case of Uveitis and Hypothyroidism Following Pembrolizumab Therapy in a Patient With Plantar Malignant Melanoma.

Hitomi Sugino, Mayu Kitamura, Manabu Yoshioka, Natsuko Saito-Sasaki, Yu Sawada

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Hitomi SuginoDermatology, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kitakyushu, JPN.
Mayu KitamuraDermatology, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kitakyushu, JPN.
Manabu YoshiokaDermatology, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kitakyushu, JPN.
Natsuko Saito-SasakiDermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, JPN.
Yu SawadaDermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pembrolizumab is a PD-1 inhibitor that has improved survival in melanoma patients but can cause immune-related adverse events (irAEs) such as hypothyroidism and uveitis. Although these conditions rarely occur together, we present a case of a 54-year-old female with plantar malignant melanoma who developed hypothyroidism after the second cycle of pembrolizumab and then uveitis after the fifth cycle. Hypothyroidism was treated with levothyroxine, and uveitis was managed with corticosteroids. This case highlights the importance of careful monitoring and multidisciplinary management of these adverse events during immunotherapy.

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hypothyroidismiraemelanomapembrolizumabuveitis

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PMID39669853
PMCPMC11636581

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