Abstract
Immunotherapy-induced vitiligo is an immune-related adverse event (irAE) observed in metastatic melanoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors that target the cytotoxic T-lymphocyteassociated protein 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) pathways. To date, the development of leukoderma, poliosis, and halo nevi during immunotherapy has largely been reported in metastatic melanoma patients. We report a case of immunotherapy-induced leukoderma presenting as halo nevi in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with atezolizumab, a programmed cell death ligand (PD-L1) antibody. Immunotherapy-induced vitiligo in metastatic melanoma patients may be associated with improved survival, but it remains to be determined whether its occurrence in nonmelanoma cancers has the same prognostic significance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1047-1049 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Drugs in Dermatology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 10 |
State | Published - Oct 1 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology