A Case of Myocarditis and Near-Lethal Arrhythmia Associated With Interleukin-2 Therapy

• Main Authors: Stephanie Wu MD (Author), Anna Sarcon MS, MD (Author), Khuyen Do MD (Author), Jerold Shinbane MD (Author), Rahul Doshi MD (Author), Helga Van Herle MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present a case of a 48-year-old female who developed myocarditis and near fatal arrhythmias during high dose Il-2 therapy for metastatic renal cancer. On day 5 of therapy, the patient developed sudden onset chest pain, elevated cardiac enzymes and ST segment changes on EKG. Coronary angiogram was...