Ipilimumab-Induced Granulomatous Disease Occurring Simultaneously With Disease Progression in a Patient With Metastatic Melanoma

Am J Ther. 2016 Jul-Aug;23(4):e1068-71. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000266.

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive cutaneous malignancy with dismal prognosis in the advanced setting. The food and drug administration approval of ipilimumab, the monoclonal antibody against cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4, has significantly changed treatment strategies for this disease. However, the spectrum of immune-related adverse events secondary to ipilimumab therapy is a growing area of research, and clinical observations of rare immune events as a result of such therapies continue to be reported since the approval. The co-occurrence of disease progression along with an immune-related adverse event is extremely rare. We here present the first case, to our knowledge, of diffuse nonnecrotizing granulomatous lymphadenopathy occurring simultaneously with disease progression in a patient with metastatic melanoma after receiving the second dose of ipilimumab.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • CTLA-4 Antigen / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • CTLA-4 Antigen / immunology
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ipilimumab
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / immunology
  • Melanoma / drug therapy*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Neoplasm Metastasis

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • CTLA-4 Antigen
  • Ipilimumab