Corneal Perforation during Combination Chemotherapy including Cetuximab in a Patient with a History of Herpetic Keratitis.

Keiichi AomatsuKoji SugiokaAya Kodama-TakahashiMasahiko FukudaHiroshi MishimaShunji Kusaka

Published in: Case reports in oncological medicine (2020)

We have presented the first case of cetuximab-related corneal perforation in a patient who had a history of recurrent herpetic keratitis. EGFR inhibitors, such as cetuximab, can induce corneal perforation in cases with a history of herpetic stromal keratitis.

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