An 87-year-old man was admitted with fatigue, anorexia, vomiting, urinary incontinence, and a depressive state. His consciousness was evaluated as a 13 on the Glasgow Coma Scale (E4V3M6), and he had a body temperature of 36.4°C, a blood pressure of 91/60 mmHg, and a heart rate of 88 beats/min.
Acute renal impairment is a relatively rare complication of anti-tumour immunotherapy. The incidence of renal toxicity due to immuno-oncological therapy is relatively low, approximately 2% in patients treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and 4.5% with combination treatments with
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors are immuno-modulatory antibodies used in patients with advanced cancers like melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, etc. They are associated with a wide array of side effects, commonly known as immune-related adverse events (irAEs), affecting
Background: Treatment of cancers with programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) pathway inhibitors can lead to immune-related adverse events (irAEs), which could be serious and even fetal. Therefore, clinicians should be aware of the characteristics of irAEs associated with the use of such drugs.
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