Sequential treatment with secukinumab and ustekinumab in a patient with severe psoriasis and recent history of cerebral malignant melanoma metastasis

Misbah N Ghazanfar; Tonny Karlsmark; Patricia Louise Danielsen; Simon F Thomsen

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2225

Sequential treatment with secukinumab and ustekinumab in a patient with severe psoriasis and recent history of cerebral malignant melanoma metastasis

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Jun 3;7(7):1350-1351. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2225. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Authors

Misbah N Ghazanfar¹, Tonny Karlsmark¹, Patricia Louise Danielsen¹, Simon F Thomsen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology Bispebjerg Hospital Copenhagen Denmark.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark.

Abstract

This report of a 53-year-old woman with severe psoriasis treated with biologic therapy despite recent history of malignant melanoma with cerebral metastasis suggests that biologic therapy for chronic inflammatory diseases may be an option for selected patients with recent cancer.

Keywords: cancer; malignant melanoma; psoriasis; secukinumab; ustekinumab.

Publication types

Case Reports