Immune checkpoint inhibitor monoclonal antibodies allow the host's immune system to attack tumors, which has revolutionized cancer care over the last decade. As the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors has expanded, so have autoimmune-like complications known as immune-related adverse events. These include the infrequent but increasingly more common, potentially deadly neurological immune related adverse events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The expanding use of immunotherapy and the growing population of patients with cancer has led to an increase in the reporting of immune related adverse events (irAEs). The emergency clinician should be aware of these emerging toxicities, some of which can be fatal. In this review we discuss the cardiotoxic side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Although the incidence of internal mammary lymph node recurrence rate in breast cancer is low but still it is the second most common drainage site after axilla. Patients with solitary internal mammary lymph node (IMLN) recurrence have overall better prognosis. The role of chemo and radiotherapy in internal mammary lymph node involvement with breast cancer is still controversial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTracheal injury after blunt chest trauma is a rare but life-threatening condition. If diagnosed and treated early, the outcome is excellent. We report a case of an 18-year-old man who sustained a fracture of the right femur in a traffic accident.
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