Fatal Cholestatic Liver Injury during Treatment with PD1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor for Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report

The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors has dramatically improved the chance of surviving malignant melanomas; however, the effect comes at the cost of toxicities that are difficult to predict. Immune-mediated hepatitis is the most common form of liver toxicity, but fatal outcome is uncommon. We rep...

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Main Authors: Thuridur Thorsteinsdottir, Teje Løitegård, Henrik Mikael Reims, Alina Carmen Porojnicu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2020-06-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/507695