10 years prior to presentation |
Patient diagnosed with thymic carcinoma; treated with four cycles cisplatin/etoposide |
5 years prior to presentation |
Presents with recurrent disease to bone and pleura; treated with sunitinib (discontinued after 1 year) |
1 year prior to presentation |
Progressive disease of spine; undergoes decompressive laminectomy (levels T7–T8) |
16 days prior to presentation |
New metastases discovered in bone and lung; treated with pembrolizumab (one cycle) |
Upon first emergent presentation |
Left lower lobe pulmonary embolism discovered; treated with enoxaparin (subcutaneous) |
2 days following first emergent presentation |
Discharged to home |
Upon second emergent presentation (5 days following first emergent presentation) |
Presents with acute illness, right bundle branch block with elevated troponin, ST elevation in precordial leads, myocarditis suspected. Treated with methylprednisolone (IV); enoxaparin (subcutaneous); aspirin (oral) |
Day 1 to Day 28 following second emergent presentation |
Patient with complete heart block received dual-chamber pacemaker, coronary artery disease ruled out by negative cardiac catheterization, immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy: pulse-dose methylprednisolone IV, followed by oral prednisone |
Day 29 to Day 50 following second emergent presentation |
Patient exhibits hypercapnia and respiratory failure; positive antibodies, physical findings significant for myasthenia gravis. Patient receives intubation [with eventual extubation to bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP)]; pyridostigmine; plasmapheresis; methylprednisolone (IV); and prednisone (oral) |
Day 50 following second emergent presentation |
Discharge to home with BiPAP treatment during sleep |
6 weeks following administration of pembrolizumab |
Computed tomography results showed improvement of disease with significant decrease or resolution of all measurable sites of metastatic disease in the lungs |