Neural Regeneration Research ›› 2020, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (6): 1166-1168.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.270420

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Pazopanib-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with possible syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone: an incidental or pathophysiological association?

Jonathan Wong So1, Bérenger Largeau2, Frédérique Beau-Salinas3, Stephan Ehrmann4, Christophe Magni5, Jérôme Meunier1   

  1. 1 CHR d’Orléans, Service d’Oncologie Médicale, Orléans, France
    2 CHRU de Tours, Centre d’Investigation Clinique - CIC INSERM 1415, Tours, France
    3 CHRU de Tours, Service de Pharmacosurveillance, Centre Régional de Pharmacovigilance Centre-Val de Loire, Tours, France 4 Université de Tours, INSERM, Centre d’étude des pathologies respiratoires (CEPR) - UMR 1100, CHRU de Tours, Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, CIC INSERM 1415, réseau CRICS-TRIGGERSEP, Tours, France 
    5 CHR d’Orléans, Service de Neuroradiologie, Orléans, France
  • Online:2020-06-15 Published:2020-07-05
  • Contact: Bérenger Largeau, PharmD resident,berenger.largeau@etu.univ-tours.fr.

Abstract: Pazopanib is an oral protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) that targets vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors, fibroblastic growth factor receptors, platelet-derived growth factor receptors, and stem cell factor that inhibits VEGF-induced cellular proliferation. Pazopanib is approved for use in advanced renal cell carcinoma and subtypes of advanced soft-tissue sarcoma (Deguchi et al., 2018). Major adverse drug reactions of pazopanib include hyper- tension, high-grade hyponatremia and posterior reversible encepha- lopathy syndrome (PRES) (Berardi et al., 2016; Deguchi et al., 2018). In clinical trials, few investigations have been conducted to deter- mine the aetiology of PKI-associated hyponatremia, the mechanism remains therefore unknown. Only rare cases of PKI-induced syn- drome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) (Largeau et al., 2019), and none with pazopanib, have been reported. PRES is a clinical and radiological entity where a bilateral white mat- ter oedema, occurring predominantly in the posterior occipital and parietal lobes, is associated with several neurologic symptoms. Inter- estingly, a recent review suggests that SIADH could be a symptom of PRES (Largeau et al., 2019). To our knowledge, this is the first case published where pazopanib-induced PRES occurs contemporane- ously with possible SIADH.