Desensitization in a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to lenalidomide

Daniela Abreu; Josefina Rodrigues Cernadas

doi:10.48687/lsj.104

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Daniela Abreu

Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal

Josefina Rodrigues Cernadas

1. Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal 2. Unidade de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Lusíadas, Porto, Portugal

Keywords:

Drug Hypersensitivity, Exhantema, Desensitization Immunologic, Hypersensitivity Delayed, Lenalidomide/adverse effects

Abstract

Lenalidomide is an immunomodulator analog of thalidomide used in the treatment of hematologic malignancies, both with previous reports of hypersensitivity reactions. Desensitization protocols with lenalidomide are not established and few are published. Therefore, we describe a clinical case of a 70-year-old male patient under monthly cycles of lenalidomide referred to our Allergy department due to generalized maculopapular exanthema appearing on the 16^th day of the 3^rd cycle of treatment.

After treatment with systemic and topical corticosteroid for 1 week, resolution of all lesions was present on the following 2 weeks. A slow desensitization protocol was performed after a risk-benefit assessment, with tolerance, although patient needed to decrease its daily dose as exanthema appearance seemed to be dose-dependent.

Description and publication of cases with desensitization procedures in late reactions is relevant, especially in cases where T-mediated hypersensitivity reactions as well as dose-dependent mechanisms are described.

How to Cite

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48687/lsj.104

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2022): April | June

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Case Reports

Author Biographies

Corresponding Author

Daniela Abreu, Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal

Interna de Formação Específica de Imunoalergologia no Serviço de Imunoalergologia do Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.

Corresponding Author

Josefina Rodrigues Cernadas, 1. Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal 2. Unidade de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Lusíadas, Porto, Portugal

Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal.

Also a member of the Immunoallergology Unit at Hospital Lusíadas, Porto, Portugal

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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