Autoimmune Addison's disease after treatment with interleukin-2 and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.

Endocrine Practice : Official Journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
J S WahleJ W Findling

Abstract

Autoimmune thyroiditis with hypothyroidism is a well-known complication of immunotherapy with interleukin-2 (IL-2) with or without lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. To date, however, no cases of IL-2/LAK-induced autoimmune adrenalitis with adrenal insufficiency have been reported. We describe a patient who developed primary adrenal insufficiency following IL-2/tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) immunotherapy for renal cell carcinoma. A 64-year-old male with renal cell carcinoma metastatic to bone, skin, lung, and the central nervous system presented for IL-2/TIL treatment. Nine months earlier, he had undergone a right nephrectomy and adrenalectomy. He had already received two courses of IL-2 and one course of IL-4 following surgery. Dynamic studies of adrenal function performed prior to IL-2/TIL immunotherapy demonstrated intact cortisol and aldosterone responses to ACTH as well as negative adrenal antibodies. One week after IL-2/TIL therapy, the patient developed a nonanion gap metabolic acidosis, hypotension and hypoglycemia. Adrenocortical function was re-evaluated demonstrating blunted cortisol and aldosterone responses to ACTH with an elevated plasma ACTH confirming the presence of primary adrenal insufficiency. A...Continue Reading

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