1. An 80-year old woman with metastatic melanoma and recent treatment with ipilimumab+pembrolizumab developed acute leg weakness. Given her EMG and CSF findings, she began treatment for suspected CPI-induced atypical GBS and myositis. Concomitantly she was found to have B12 and folate deficiencies, then gradually improved to baseline with vitamin repletion, steroids, and plasma exchange.
2. A 27-year old woman with metastatic melanoma and recent treatment with ipilimumab+nivolumab developed autoimmune hepatitis and intractable vomiting. Three weeks after she began dabrafenib and trametinib, she developed confusion, diplopia, and ataxia along with weakness and areflexia. She was treated for possible GBS, but was concurrently found to have thiamine deficiency with sequela of Wernicke’s encephalopathy on MRI Brain. Her confusion improved with thiamine supplementation but had persistent weakness.
3. A 57-year old woman with lung adenocarcinoma who had progressed on durvalumab began pembrolizumab. Two weeks later, she developed fevers, rash, and lethargy. She was treated supportively but continued to worsen until neurological workup revealed limbic hyperintensities on MRI Brain and CSF pleocytosis with +HSV1. She had minor clinical improvement with acyclovir but remained cognitively debilitated.