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Total Body Photography And Sequential Digital Dermoscopy Imaging For Melanoma Surveillance In Patients Starting Natalizumab For Multiple Sclerosis, Tyler Nussinow Ba, Amanda Robinson Np, Biljana Beretich Md, Kathryn Stevens Np, Elizabeth Seiverling Md
Total Body Photography And Sequential Digital Dermoscopy Imaging For Melanoma Surveillance In Patients Starting Natalizumab For Multiple Sclerosis, Tyler Nussinow Ba, Amanda Robinson Np, Biljana Beretich Md, Kathryn Stevens Np, Elizabeth Seiverling Md
Journal of Maine Medical Center
Introduction: Natalizumab is an integrin receptor antagonist that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat multiple sclerosis and Crohn’s disease. The drug has been linked to an increased risk of melanoma. This brief report highlights an innovative clinical approach for monitoring the skin of patients prescribed natalizumab.
Methods: We include 2 cases from our skin oncology clinic and a literature review on the incidence of melanoma in patients prescribed natalizumab between 2004 and 2019.
Results: In addition to our 2 cases, we found 193 reports of patients with melanoma who were prescribed natalizumab. We propose an …