Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Durvalumab

Ocular manifestations are very rarely reported as side effects to checkpoint inhibitors. We present a case of a 64-year-old Caucasian man in treatment with durvalumab for non-small-cell lung carcinoma who presented a retinal vasculitis with macular edema. After three boluses of methylprednisolone, t...

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Main Authors: Antonio R. Andrade, Aina Moll-Udina, Ruth Martin, Esther Cilveti, Olaia Subirà, Laura Disfetano, Jose García-Arumí
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2020-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/507609
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spelling doaj-495b06e704a14062a242770540e6b02d2020-11-25T03:07:25ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Ophthalmology1663-26992020-05-0111216116610.1159/000507609507609Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to DurvalumabAntonio R. AndradeAina Moll-UdinaRuth MartinEsther CilvetiOlaia SubiràLaura DisfetanoJose García-ArumíOcular manifestations are very rarely reported as side effects to checkpoint inhibitors. We present a case of a 64-year-old Caucasian man in treatment with durvalumab for non-small-cell lung carcinoma who presented a retinal vasculitis with macular edema. After three boluses of methylprednisolone, the retinal vasculitis resolved and macular edema improved during follow-up. There was no need for durvalumab to be withdrawn.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/507609vasculitisretinacheckpoint inhibitorscancer therapydurvalumab
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author Antonio R. Andrade
Aina Moll-Udina
Ruth Martin
Esther Cilveti
Olaia Subirà
Laura Disfetano
Jose García-Arumí
spellingShingle Antonio R. Andrade
Aina Moll-Udina
Ruth Martin
Esther Cilveti
Olaia Subirà
Laura Disfetano
Jose García-Arumí
Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Durvalumab
Case Reports in Ophthalmology
vasculitis
retina
checkpoint inhibitors
cancer therapy
durvalumab
author_facet Antonio R. Andrade
Aina Moll-Udina
Ruth Martin
Esther Cilveti
Olaia Subirà
Laura Disfetano
Jose García-Arumí
author_sort Antonio R. Andrade
title Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Durvalumab
title_short Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Durvalumab
title_full Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Durvalumab
title_fullStr Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Durvalumab
title_full_unstemmed Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Durvalumab
title_sort retinal vasculitis secondary to durvalumab
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Ophthalmology
issn 1663-2699
publishDate 2020-05-01
description Ocular manifestations are very rarely reported as side effects to checkpoint inhibitors. We present a case of a 64-year-old Caucasian man in treatment with durvalumab for non-small-cell lung carcinoma who presented a retinal vasculitis with macular edema. After three boluses of methylprednisolone, the retinal vasculitis resolved and macular edema improved during follow-up. There was no need for durvalumab to be withdrawn.
topic vasculitis
retina
checkpoint inhibitors
cancer therapy
durvalumab
url https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/507609
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