Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis appearing after nivolumab therapy for gastric cancer: a case report

Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis appearing after nivolumab therapy for gastric cancer: a case report

Abstract Background While dermatomyositis is often associated with malignancy, several autoimmune diseases like myositis can be caused by immune checkpoint inhibitors. Differentially diagnosing malignancy-associated dermatomyositis or myositis caused by immune checkpoint inhibitors is sometimes diff...

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Main Authors: Chikako Shibata, Jun Kato, Nobuo Toda, Makoto Imai, Yukiyo Fukumura, Junya Arai, Ken Kurokawa, Mayuko Kondo, Kaoru Takagi, Kentaro Kojima, Takamasa Ohki, Michiharu Seki, Masanobu Yoshida, Akitake Suzuki, Kazumi Tagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis
Nivolumab
IrAE
Anti-TIF1-γ antibody
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2105-9

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