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. 2019 Jul 9;2019:6702870. doi: 10.1155/2019/6702870

Table 1.

Sarcoidal-type granulomatous reaction due to immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-CTLA-4 and anti PD-1 antibodies), affecting skin, with and without other organ systems.

Case Age Sex Primary disease Clinical manifestation ICI therapy
1 Suozzi, 2016 [9] 60 F Lung Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous only Ipilimumab & Nivolumab

2 Ogawa, 2018 [10] 63 F Lung Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous only Nivolumab

3 Birnbaum, 2017 [11] 56 F Melanoma Cutaneous only Nivolumab

4 Dimitriou, 2018 [12] 72 M Melanoma Cutaneous only Pembrolizumab

5 Tetzlaff, 2017 [2] 57 F Ovarian Cancer Subcutaneous only (bilateral lower extremities, forearms) Ipilimumab & Nivolumab

6 Tetzlaff, 2017 [2] 39 F Melanoma Subcutaneous only (bilateral lower extremities & buttocks) Ipilimumab & Nivolumab

7 Current Report, 2019 49 F Renal Cell Carcinoma Cutaneous only (left forearm and elbow) Ipilimumab & Nivolumab

8 Current Report, 2019 58 M Melanoma Cutaneous only (black tattoo on chest, shoulders, back, forearm, thigh) Ipilimumab

9 Kim, 2016 [14] 52 M Urothelial Carcinoma Cutaneous (tattoo & face), Hilar Lymph Nodes (LN) Ipilimumab & Nivolumab

10 Cotliar, 2016 [16] 72 F Hodgkin Lymphoma Subcutaneous (bilateral arms), Pulmonary, Hilar LN, Bone Pembrolizumab

11 Tetzlaff, 2018 [13] 44 F Melanoma Subcutaneous (peripatellar), Hilar LN Ipilimumab

12 Tetzlaff, 2018 [13] 79 M Melanoma Cutaneous (bilateral forearms, elbows, hands), Hilar LN Pembrolizumab & Nivolumab

13 Le Burel, 2017 [17] 71 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Parenchyma Nivolumab

14 Lomax, 2017 [18] 75 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Nivolumab

15 Oommen, 2017 [19] 54 M Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Ipilimumab

16 Reddy, 2017 [20] 57 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Ipilimumab

17 Reddy, 2017 [20] 55 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Ipilimumab & Nivolumab

18 Toumeh, 2016 [21] 26 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Ipilimumab

19 Yatim, 2018 [22] 72 F Melanoma Subcutaneous (left flank, right leg, scar), Pulmonary, hilar LN, Eye Pembrolizumab

20 Firwana, 2017 [23] 37 F Melanoma Cutaneous (right forearm, bilateral shins), Hilar LN & other LN Ipilimumab & Pembrolizumab

21 Firwana, 2017 [23] 57 F Melanoma Cutaneous (bilateral lower extremities), Hilar LN Ipilimumab

22 Danlos, 2016 [24] 57 M Melanoma Cutaneous (lip, scar), Hilar and Mediastinal LN Nivolumab

23 Martinez, 2016 [25] 46 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Ipilimumab

24 Tissot, 2013 [26] 57 M Melanoma Cutaneous (elbow, arm), Pulmonary, Hilar LN Ipilimumab

25 Eckert, 2009 [8] 67 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Ipilimumab

26 Reule, 2013 [27] 55 M Melanoma Cutaneous (finger, forearm, knee), Pulmonary, Hilar LN Ipilimumab

27 Lomax, 2017 [18] 57 F Melanoma Subcutaneous & Cutaneous (elbows, wrists, thighs), Pulmonary, Hilar LN Pembrolizumab

28 McKenna, 2018 [28] 69 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary Nivolumab

29 Jespersen, 2018 [29] 57 F Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary, Bone Pembrolizumab

30 Dimitriou, 2018 [12] 65 M Melanoma Cutaneous (elbow), Hilar LN Pembrolizumab

31 Dimitriou, 2018 [12] 57 M Melanoma Cutaneous (scar), Hilar LN, Thyroid Ipilimumab & Nivolumab

32 Burillo-Martinez, 2017 [30] 69 F Melanoma Subcutaneous (forearms, legs, blue nevus), Hilar LN Pembrolizumab

33 Paolini, 2018 [31] 56 F Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Cutaneous, Pulmonary Nivolumab

34 Wilgenhof, 2012 [32] 37 M Melanoma Cutaneous, Pulmonary, Lymph Nodes, Spleen Ipilimumab

35 Lomax, 2017 [18] 44 M Melanoma Cutaneous (elbow and occipital region), Pulmonary, Hilar and Mediastinal LN, Colitis Nivolumab

36 Lomax, 2017 [18] 65 F Melanoma Cutaneous (face, knees), Thyroiditis, Pulmonary, Hilar LN Pembrolizumab