Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2018)

Psoriatic arthritis due to nivolumab administration a case report and review of the literature

  • Konstantinos Sapalidis,
  • Christoforos Kosmidis,
  • Nikolaos Michalopoulos,
  • Charilaos Koulouris,
  • Stylianos Mantalobas,
  • Dimitrios Giannakidis,
  • Alexandru Munteanu,
  • Valeriu Surlin,
  • Stella Laskou,
  • Paul Zarogoulidis,
  • Dimitrios Drougas,
  • Crysanthi Sardeli,
  • Chrysanthi Karapantzou,
  • Ilias Karapantzos,
  • Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt,
  • Haidong Huang,
  • Isaak Kesisoglou

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23
pp. 182 – 187

Abstract

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Nowadays we have novel equipment for lung cancer diagnosis, however; due to lack of symptoms, lung cancer is still diagnosed at a late stage. Currently we have the following therapies for non-small cell lung cancer: a) non-specific cytotoxic agents, b) targeted therapies and c) immunotherapy. Each therapy has its own advantages and adverse effects. In the current case we will present a rare case of psoriacic arthritis that was presented after two cycles of nivolumab administration and we will also present a review of the literature. Keywords: Lung cancer, Adenocarcinoma, Convex endobronchial ultrasound, PD-L1, Targeted therapy