Leptomeningeal tumor spread or immune checkpoint inhibitor-related encephalitis/(poli-)neuritis? An unsolved dilemma in a patient on pembrolizumab for a history of brain metastases from lung adenocarcinoma

Acta Neurol Belg. 2024 Jan 25. doi: 10.1007/s13760-023-02462-0. Online ahead of print.

¹ Radiation Oncology Unit, REM Radioterapia Srl, 95029, Viagrande, Italy. [email protected].
² Radiation Oncology Unit, REM Radioterapia Srl, 95029, Viagrande, Italy.
³ Radiology Unit, Giovanni Paolo II Hospital, 97100, Ragusa, Italy.
⁴ Medical Oncology, University Hospital Policlinico San Marco, 95123, Catania, Italy.
⁵ Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences, University of Messina, 98122, Messina, Italy.

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Keywords: Adverse effects; Brain metastasis; Diplopia; Encephalitis; Immunotherapy; Lung cancer; Pembrolizumab; Radiotherapy; Tinnitus.