A rare case of non-small cell lung cancer choroidal metastasis responding to ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Anticancer Drugs. 2020 Jan;31(1):90-94. doi: 10.1097/CAD.0000000000000848.

Abstract

Choroidal localization from non-small cell lung cancer is rare and when it occurs may cause visual alterations. Targeted therapy against actionable gene mutations represents the standard of care in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. We report the case of a 53-year-old woman affected by metastatic anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer who received ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors, from January 2017. The patient had a complete response of choroidal metastasis after therapy with ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors. She recovered a complete visus and actually she still continue therapy with alectinib. The patient had a complete recovery of visus in addiction to a long response on treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bevacizumab / administration & dosage
  • Carboplatin / administration & dosage
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
  • Choroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Choroid Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Bevacizumab
  • Carboplatin
  • ALK protein, human
  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
  • Paclitaxel