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OR32-06 Opportunistic Assessment of Pituitary Gland with Routine MRI and PET/CT Can Guide in Earlier and Increased Identification of Hypophysitis in Patients Treated with Combination Checkpoint Inhibitors
Anna Galligan, Amir Iravani, Arian Lasocki, Roslyn Wallace, Alison Weppler, George Au-Yeung, Nirupa Sachithanandan, Cherie Ying Chiang, John Wentworth, Peter Grahame Colman, Thomas William Kay, Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy, Shahneen Sandhu
Journal of the Endocrine Society | The Endocrine Society | Published : 2020
Abstract
Abstract Background: Hypophysitis is one of the commonly reported adverse events related to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), and the incidence is expected to rise with increased use of combined programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA4) blockade. The clinical diagnosis can be delayed due to non-specific symptoms. At our centre, subjects undergo periodic imaging to assess tumour response to ICI. We reviewed whether neuroimaging studies can guide us in the diagnosis of hypophysitis and whether early changes can be detected before the onset of the clinical syndrome. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts, bioc..
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