Papulopustular rosacea during nivolumab therapy of metastatic squamous cell esophageal carcinoma

Dermatol Online J. 2021 Sep 15;27(9). doi: 10.5070/D327955140.

Abstract

We present a 76-year old man who developed papulopustular rosacea after receiving nivolumab treatment for his esophageal carcinoma, metastatic to the lungs. Nivolumab is an emerging cancer therapy whose immune-related adverse events are still not fully recognized and likely underreported. The treatment has been reported to cause a myriad of cutaneous immune-related adverse events. However, nivolumab-induced-papulopustular rosacea has been scarcely reported. Thus, this case presents a clinically important finding that physicians should be aware of when seeing patients on nivolumab therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Facial Dermatoses / chemically induced
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nivolumab / adverse effects*
  • Nivolumab / therapeutic use
  • Rosacea / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
  • Nivolumab