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. 2020 Nov 3;12:139–167. doi: 10.2147/EB.S277760

Table 6.

Summary of Cases— Other

Author Year Ref Age M/F Cancer Type ICI Name Cycles and Duration Before Symptoms Neuro-Ophthalmic Diagnosis For Myositis: EOMs Normal or Abnormal Size Ophthalmic Presentation Treatment ICI Continued/Held/Terminated Neuro-Ophthalmic Outcome Follow-up Period (Months)
Maller 2018134 74M Epithelioid mesothelioma Ipilimumab and nivolumab 2 ipilimumab and 5 nivolumab infusions: then 10 weeks Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome OU: involuntary and conjugate horizontal eye movements IV methylprednisolone 1 g daily, IVIg 0.4 g/kg daily for 5 days, prednisone taper Completed Resolution 8 weeks
Alnabulsi 2018130 67M Melanoma Ipilimumab and nivolumab Day 10 Myositis Normal size OU: ptosis, ophthalmoplegia IV methylprednisolone up to 1 g daily IVIg 81 mg for 2 doses, IV infliximab 400 mg for 1 dose Terminated No improvement, death (cardiac arrest, multi-organ failure) NR
Bourgeois-Vionnet 2018126 79NR Lung adenocarcinoma Nivolumab 2 injections: then 1 week Myositis Normal size (assumed) OU: ptosis IVIg, po corticosteroids 1 mg/kg daily for 6 months Terminated Resolution 6
Carrera 2017131 68M NSCLC Tremelimumab and durvalumab 2 doses: then 4 days Myositis NR OU: diplopia, OS: hypertropia, ptosis 60 mg prednisone then taper Terminated Resolution (1 month) 6
Diamantopoulos 2017129 82M Melanoma Pembrolizumab 1 infusion: then 15 days Myositis NR OS: ptosis, miosis, OU: diplopia Prednisolone 75 mg, IVIg 0.3 g/kg daily, plasmapheresis Terminated Improvement, death (respiratory failure) 34 days
Hamada 2018128 83M Lung adenocarcinoma Pembrolizumab 2 cycles: then 1 week Myositis NR OD: ptosis Systemic prednisone 40 mg/day Terminated Resolution 2
Hellman 2019127 83M Urothelial carcinoma Pembrolizumab 2 cycles Myositis NR OU: ptosis, ophthalmoplegia Prednisone 1 mg/kg daily, later IV methylprednisolone Terminated Improvement, death (pneumothorax) 33 days
Kang 2018133 75M HNSCC Nivolumab 1 infusion: then 3 weeks Myositis Normal size (assumed) OU: ptosis IV methylprednisolone 80 mg daily for 3 weeks, then prednisone 100 mg daily, plasmapheresis, a trial of pyridostigmine 60 mg Terminated No improvement, death (cardiac arrest) 2
Khoo 2019132 80F Urothelial cancer Atezolizumab 8 weeks Myositis Normal size (assumed) OU: ptosis IV methylprednisolone 1 g daily for 3 days, IVIg 2 g/kg total dose, po prednisolone slow taper Terminated Improvement with residual ptosis 3
Kao 201738 Age NR, F Leiomyosarcoma Nivolumab 3 cycles Internuclear ophthalmoplegia OU: internuclear ophthalmoplegia Corticosteroid (dose NR) for 1 week Continued Improvement NR
Mancone 201824 75M Lung squamous cell carcinoma Nivolumab 3 cycles Oculomotor nerve palsy OU: diplopia, OD: ptosis Prednisone taper Terminated Resolution NR

Abbreviations: NSCLC, non-squamous cell lung cancer; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; OU, both eyes; OD, right eye; OS, left eye; IV, intravenous; po, per os; IVIg, intravenous immunoglobulin; NR, not reported; PLEX, plasma exchange; BID, twice daily; TID, three times daily; QID, four times daily; TED, thyroid-like eye disease.