Diabetic ketoacidosis after treatment with pembrolizumab

Immune checkpoint inhibiting agents have been shown to precipitate type 1 diabetes. We report a case of acute severe diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient with no history of diabetes who developed ketoacidosis after starting anti-PD1 immunotherapy with Pembrolizumab. Key Words Immune Checkpoint inhibit...

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Main Authors: M. Hariz. F. Abdul Aziz, Isuru P. Fernando, Anjan Lenkanpally, Devaka J.S. Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214624516300193