Papillary Dermal Elastolysis Secondary to Combination Nivolumab and Cabiralizumab Therapy: Histiocytes and Dermal Mucin as Clues to the Diagnosis.

TitlePapillary Dermal Elastolysis Secondary to Combination Nivolumab and Cabiralizumab Therapy: Histiocytes and Dermal Mucin as Clues to the Diagnosis.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsYin L, Criscito MC, Stokar E, Siolas D, Haimovic A, Sicco KLo, Brinster NK
JournalAm J Dermatopathol
Volume43
Issue10
Pagination746-749
Date Published2021 Oct 01
ISSN1533-0311
KeywordsAdenocarcinoma, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Dermis, Drug Eruptions, Drug Therapy, Combination, Elastic Tissue, Histiocytes, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mucins, Nivolumab, Pancreatic Neoplasms
Abstract

ABSTRACT: Papillary dermal elastolysis has been described in the setting of experimental combination nivolumab and cabiralizumab immunotherapy. We report a third patient with distinctive, generalized atrophic macules that developed after a morbilliform eruption during a clinical trial for treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Histopathological findings demonstrated diminished elastic fibers in the papillary dermis, associated with a histiocyte-rich infiltrate and increased dermal mucin, features that should clue the dermatopathologist to this condition.

DOI10.1097/DAD.0000000000001915
Alternate JournalAm J Dermatopathol
PubMed ID34086644
PubMed Central IDPMC9351010
Grant ListK08 CA241341 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States