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2017

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Pembrolizumab; Thyroid Function Test (TFT)

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Pembrolizumab-Associated Hypothyroidism: Case Report And Review Of Literature, Niranjan Tachamo, Saroj Lohani, Salik Nazir, Rishikesh Joshi, Mrunalini Deshmukh Jun 2017

Pembrolizumab-Associated Hypothyroidism: Case Report And Review Of Literature, Niranjan Tachamo, Saroj Lohani, Salik Nazir, Rishikesh Joshi, Mrunalini Deshmukh

Reading Hospital Internal Medicine Residency

Pembrolizumab is a Programmed Death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor used to treat advanced malignant melanoma and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. It causes various endocrinological side effects including immune mediated thyroiditis. Thyroiditis caused by Pembrolizumab can mimic other immune mediated thyroiditis like Hashimoto thyroiditis and Grave’s disease.