Simultaneous pembrolizumab-induced myasthenia gravis and myocarditis in a patient with metastatic bladder cancer: A case report

We report a fatal case of pembrolizumab-induced myasthenia gravis and myocarditis in a patient with metastatic bladder cancer. A 77-year-old man was aware of eye ptosis and diplopia after three weeks from first infusion of pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed cell death protein 1 monoclonal antibodies....

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Main Authors: Manabu Takai, Daiki Kato, Koji Iinuma, Yuka Muramatsu Maekawa, Keita Nakane, Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Shigeaki Yokoi, Takuya Koie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020300334