Consider Myocarditis When Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Present with Ocular Symptoms

Rhee J, Torun N, Neilan T, Guidon A. Consider Myocarditis When Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Present with Ocular Symptoms. Oncologist. 2022;

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been associated with neurological immune related adverse events (irAE-N) and patients with ICI toxicity may present with neurological or ocular symptoms. Furthermore, patients on ICI may initially present to oncology or neurology. We report a case series of 3 patients treated with ICIs presenting with diplopia or ptosis, found to have concurrent myocarditis in addition to immune-related myopathy (irMyopathy) or myasthenia gravis (irMG). None of the patients described cardiac symptoms, underscoring the importance of screening for myocarditis in patients presenting with diplopia and/or other neuromuscular symptoms which may suggest either irMyopathy or irMG.
See also: Oncology, May 2022, All, 2022
Last updated on 03/06/2023