Anti-CTLA-4 antibody-induced Guillain–Barré syndrome in a melanoma patient

S Wilgenhof, B Neyns - Annals of Oncology, 2011 - annalsofoncology.org
A 57-year-old woman was diagnosed with a macroscopic axillary lymph node metastasis of
a primary occult melanoma for which she underwent a complete axillary lymph node
dissection. Three years later, recurrence was diagnosed when an intra-abdominal
metastasis inferior to the spleen became apparent. Progression of this metastasis was
documented despite first-line chemotherapy with dacarbazine (three cycles) and second-
line chemotherapy with carboplatinum and paclitaxel (two cycles). During second-line …