Table 1.
Author | Patient’s disease | Age | Sex | Clinical Manifestations | Imaging Findings | Type of ICIs | Time interval from drug withdrawal to CIP onset | CIP grade | Treatments | Outcome |
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Kucukarda et al. [9] | Osteosarcoma | 25 | Female | Dyspnea and dry cough | Diffuse interstitial | Atezolizumab | 24 months | 2 | Methylprednisolone | Improved |
Wu et al. [10] | lung adenocarcinoma | 69 | Male | intermittent Cough, yellow phlegm and fever | Interstitial changes and GGOs | Sintilimab | 6 months | 2 | Methylprednisolone | Improved |
Diamantopoulos et al. [11] | Melanoma | 62 | Female | Dyspnea and dry cough | Patchy consolidation | Nivolumab | 6 months | 2 | Moxifloxacin and prednisone | Improved |
Mandala et al. [12] | Melanoma | 64 | Female | Short of breath and dyspnea | Diffuse lesions and nodules | Nivolumab | 8 months | 3 | Widespectrum antibiotics and methylprednisolone | Improved |
Kimura et al. [13] | Lung adenocarcinoma | 62 | Male | Dyspnea | GGOs | Nivolumab | 7 months | 2 | Prednisolone | Improved |
Kimura et al. [13] | Squamous cell carcinoma | 68 | Male | / | GGOs | Nivolumab | 8 months | 1 | No treatment | Improved |
Nakai et al. [14] | Renal cell carcinoma | 50 | Male | Intermittently run a fever | GGOs | Nivolumab | 142 days | 2 | Methylprednisolone and mycophenolate mofetil | Improved |
Yang et al. [15] | Gastric Cancer | 86 | Male | Asthma with a low-grade fever | Interstitial pneumonia | Pembrolizumab | 2 months | / | Methylprednisolone | Improved |
Xie et al. [16] | Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas | 67 | Male | Dyspnea | / | Pembrolizumab | 2 weeks | / | Improved | |
Kimura et al. [13] | Lung adenocarcinoma | 69 | Male | Respiratory failure | GGOs | Pembrolizumab | 4 months | 4 | Methylprednisolone | Death |
This case | Lung adenocarcinoma | 77 | Female | Fever, fatigue, and dry cough | Multiple patchy high-density areas | Pembrolizumab | 2.5 months | 3 | Methylprednisolone | Improved |
CIP: immune checkpoint inhibitor-related pneumonitis; ICIs: immune checkpoint inhibitors; GGOs: ground-glass opacities