Granulomatous/sarcoid-like lesions have been reported in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Here the authors report the occurrence of “nodal immune flare”, an apparent radiological cancer progression in the nodes characterized by the absence of cancer and the presence of non-caseating granulomas, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer following neoadjuvant ICI treatment.
- Tina Cascone
- Annikka Weissferdt
- Boris Sepesi