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Cancer
; 65(12): 2686-8, 1990 Jun 15.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2340468
RESUMO
The development of transient hypothyroidism and goiter in a patient with a metastasized malignant melanoma during treatment with recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) and dacarbazine is reported. Signs of autoimmune thyroiditis became apparent 2 weeks after the start of treatment and disappeared after treatment stopped. It is likely that rIL-2 was responsible by interfering with preexisting autoimmune thyroid disease. The possible mechanisms are discussed here. Patients with positive antithyroid microsomal antibody titers are prime candidates for rIL-2-induced thyroiditis.