Pembrolizumab Dual Endocrine Toxicity in a Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patient
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Sawsan Al-Lababidi1, Rand Alkhlaifat1, Maria Herrera-Gonzalez1
1Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Abstract:
Immune checkpoint inhibitors can cause endocrine toxicities, although involvement of multiple hormonal axes is uncommon. Hypophysitis associated with programmed death-1 inhibitors such as pembrolizumab may lead to life-threatening central adrenal insufficiency and can present diagnostic challenges. We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who developed pembrolizumab-induced hypophysitis resulting in central adrenal insufficiency with delayed recognition, and concurrent immune-related thyroiditis.
