Ocular toxicity due to Trametinib and Dabrafenib

BMC Ophthalmol. 2017 Aug 17;17(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s12886-017-0541-0.

Abstract

Background: To report a case of uveitis and neuroretinal detachment in a patient treated with Trametinib and Dabrafenib due to metastatic cutaneous melanoma stage IV.

Case presentation: We evaluated slit lamp examination, fundoscopy, optical coherence tomography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography in a 66 years old man suffering visual loss. Fundoscopy showed serous neuroretinal detachment of the fovea accompanied with white spots surrounding the fovea in both eyes. Although therapy with Trametinib and Dabrafenib was stopped uveitis anterior was seen 2 weeks later. After a year, the therapy was started again and the serous neuroretinal detachment appeared once more, however without inflammatory reaction of the anterior chamber.

Conclusion: Patients treated with Trametinib and Dabrafenib should undergo consecutive eye examinations from the beginning of the therapy.

Keywords: Dabrafenib; Neuroretinal detachment; Ocular toxicity; Trametinib; Uveitis anterior.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Oximes / adverse effects*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Pyridones / adverse effects*
  • Pyrimidinones / adverse effects*
  • Retinal Detachment / chemically induced*
  • Uveitis / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Imidazoles
  • Oximes
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Pyridones
  • Pyrimidinones
  • trametinib
  • dabrafenib