Successful Treatment of an Advanced Larynx Carcinoma Using Neo-Adjuvant Chemo-Immunotherapy and Cisplatin/Radiotherapy for a Patient with Rendu–Osler Disease
<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Rendu-Osler disease is a rare genetic disease, characterized by widespread telangiectasia that can involve the skin and mucous membranes. The diagnosis is based on spontaneous and recurrent epistaxis; various mucosal and cutaneous telangiectasia at typical sites; visceral manifestations including gastrointestinal telangiectasia or pulmonary, cerebral, or hepatic arteriovenous malformation; and a first-degree relative with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx generally develops in patients with a smoking history. It is most often treated by surgery and/or radiotherapy. To our knowledge, these two entities were never reported in the same patient. <b>Methods:</b> We herein report a case of a 51-year-old man with Rendu-Osler disease. He was subsequently diagnosed with a locally advanced well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the vocal cord. <b>Results:</b> The patient received a neo-adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy, with nine weekly injections of paclitaxel (60 mg/m<sup>2</sup>/week), cisplatin (30 mg/m<sup>2</sup>/week), and cetuximab (250 mg/m<sup>2</sup>/week), and three injections of pembrolizumab (200 mg every 3 weeks). This controlled tumor bleeding, and then cisplatin-enhanced radiotherapy helped obtain a complete remission. <b>Conclusions:</b> Locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx treatment in the context of active Rendu-Osler disease is challenging. If the wide curative surgical approach is deemed too risky, neo-adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy may present a helpful alternative as it may enhance the conditions in order to perform classical radiotherapy with concomitant cisplatin.
Authors
- Tamim Alsuliman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2320-7269)
- Abdenour Ouikene
- Farid Belkhir
- T Garnier
- Alessandro Cau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4082-7531)
- Réda Garidi
- Agnes Galez
- V. Salle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5182-522X)
- Hanene Oueslati
- Bruno Chauffert
- Sana Nemmaoui
Institutions
- Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Quentin (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14165694
- Primary Topic
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00