Ipilimumab-induced hypophysitis and ileocolitis: Serial pituitary MRI findings (Letter)

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Singh, Dalveer
Hsu, Charlie Chia-Tsong
Kwan, Gigi Nga Chi
Bhuta, Sandeep
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2017
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We present the case of a 47-year-old male patient with stage IV BRAF wild-type melanoma. The patient initially underwent a wide local excision and radiation therapy to the primary lesion on the scalp before he developed a multiorgan metastatic disease. Subsequently, he was commenced on ipilimumab treatment, with a scheduled dose of 3 mg/kg every 3 weeks for 4 doses. After 2 months of treatment and subsequent to receiving the second scheduled dose, the patient presented to the emergency department with severe retro-orbital headache without vertigo or migraine-type aura. He also felt nauseated and became intolerant to extreme temperature variations. Neurological examination showed a normal cranial nerve function with no visual field defects. Both upper and lower limb neurological examinations were normal. Laboratory investigations revealed a low testosterone level and low free thyroxine with inappropriately low thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, consistent with central hypothyroidism.

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Neurology India

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65

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1

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Singh, D; Hsu, CC-T; Kwan, GNC; Bhuta, S, Ipilimumab-induced hypophysitis and ileocolitis: Serial pituitary MRI findings (Letter), Neurology India, 2017, 65 (1), pp. 165-166

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