Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Relapsing or migrating pneumonitis/pneumonia (see also Id)

Relapsing episodes of pneumonitis or areas of consolidation on 1-continued exposure to the drug, 2-following patient rechallenge, or 3-following drug discontinuance ('aftershock') may occur, especially following corticosteroid taper or withdrawal (PMID 30572331°. Amiodarone, statins and immune chekpoints can produce episodes of relapsing pneumonitis or BOOP, even though the drug has been discontinued 5pmid 30572331°

Publications

de Jong C, Peters BJM, Schramel FMNH

Recurrent Episodes of Nivolumab-Induced Pneumonitis after Nivolumab Discontinuation and the Time Course of Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels: A Case of a 58-Year-Old Woman with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Chemotherapy 2018;63;272-277 — 2018 — 272-277