Oka Kohei, Futamura Shun, Harada Taishi
Department of Medical Oncology, Fukuchiyama City Hospital, Fukuchiyama, JPN.
Cureus. 2024 Mar 31;16(3):e57322. doi: 10.7759/cureus.57322. eCollection 2024 Mar.
Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) and leptomeningeal metastasis are difficult conditions with limited treatment options. We report a case of CUP leptomeningeal metastasis that was refractory to empirical chemotherapy but achieved a favorable response to intrathecal trastuzumab after the identification of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) amplification. A 59-year-old woman was diagnosed with CUP with metastasis of a poorly differentiated carcinoma to the left axillary, anterior mediastinal, peritoneal, and bilateral supraclavicular lymph nodes. Leptomeningeal metastasis was confirmed shortly after she started empiric chemotherapy; empiric therapy with intrathecal methotrexate failed to relieve her symptoms. Meanwhile, the lymph node specimen tested positive for HER2 amplification. She underwent intrathecal trastuzumab, then her neurological symptoms resolved the following day. We suggest that intrathecal trastuzumab is an effective treatment for HER2-positive CUP leptomeningeal metastasis.
原发灶不明的癌症(CUP)和软脑膜转移是治疗选择有限的疑难病症。我们报告一例CUP软脑膜转移病例,该病例对经验性化疗耐药,但在检测到人类表皮生长因子受体2(HER2)扩增后,鞘内注射曲妥珠单抗取得了良好疗效。一名59岁女性被诊断为CUP,低分化癌转移至左腋窝、前纵隔、腹膜及双侧锁骨上淋巴结。在她开始经验性化疗后不久确诊为软脑膜转移;鞘内注射甲氨蝶呤的经验性治疗未能缓解其症状。同时,淋巴结标本检测HER2扩增呈阳性。她接受了鞘内注射曲妥珠单抗治疗,第二天神经症状即得到缓解。我们认为,鞘内注射曲妥珠单抗是治疗HER2阳性CUP软脑膜转移的有效方法。