Sarah Léonard-Louis

Dr. Sarah Léonard-Louis


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 September 2018 in Neurology
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MTMehdi Touat
Mehdi Touat
TMThierry Maisonobe
Thierry Maisonobe
SKSamuel Knauss
Samuel Knauss
OSOmar Ben Hadj Salem
Omar Ben Hadj Salem
BHBaptiste Hervier
Baptiste Hervier
SLSarah Léonard-Louis
Sarah Léonard-Louis
Objective To report the clinicopathologic features and outcome of myositis in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) (irMyositis). Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients diagnosed with irMyositis in tertiary centers in Paris, France, and Berlin, Germany, from January 2015 to July 2017. Main outcomes were clinical manifestations and muscle histology, which included major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I), C5b-9, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD20, CD68, programmed death-1 receptor (PD-1), programmed death ligand (PD-L) 1, and PD-L2 immunohistochemical stains. Results Ten patients with metastatic cancer were included; median age was 73 (range 56–87) years. Median follow-up duration was 48 (range 16–88) weeks. Six patients developed myositis during nivolumab therapy, 1 patient during pembrolizumab, 1 patient during durvalumab, and 2 patients during combined nivolumab and ipilimumab. Median delay between ICI initiation and myositis onset was 25 (range 5–87) days. Clinical manifestations were dominated by acute or subacute myalgia (8 patients) and limb-girdle (7), axial (7), and oculomotor (7) weakness. Four patients had evidence of myocarditis. In all patients, creatine kinase levels were elevated (median 2,668, range 1,059–16,620 U/L), while anti-acetylcholine receptor and myositis-associated antibodies were negative. Electrodiagnostic studies showed myopathic process without decrement in all patients. Muscle biopsy constantly showed multifocal necrotic myofibers, sarcolemmal MHC-I, and endomysial inflammation, consisting mainly of CD68+ cells expressing PD-L1 and CD8+ cells expressing PD-1. ICI treatment was withdrawn in all patients; 9 patients received immunosuppressive therapy, which consistently led to marked clinical improvement. Conclusions irMyositis presents with remarkably homogeneous and unique clinicopathologic features, expanding the nosologic spectrum of inflammatory myopathies in patients with cancer. ICI withdrawal and treatment with corticosteroids improve outcome.

5 January 2017 in Annals of Hematology
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NBNicolas BELHOMME
Nicolas BELHOMME
AMAdel Maamar
Adel Maamar
TGThomas Le Gallou
Thomas Le Gallou
MMMarie-Christine Minot-Myhié
Marie-Christine Minot-Myhié
ALAntoine Larralde
Antoine Larralde
YTYves Le Tulzo
Yves Le Tulzo

3 November 2021 in Neurology Genetics
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BRbenoit RUCHETON
benoit RUCHETON
CEClaire Ewenczyk
Claire Ewenczyk
PGPauline Gaignard
Pauline Gaignard
JAJean-Madeleine de Sainte Agathe
Jean-Madeleine de Sainte Agathe
AFAnne-Laure Fauret
Anne-Laure Fauret
FMFanny MOCHEL
Fanny MOCHEL

29 May 2019 in Neurophysiologie Clinique
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SLSarah Léonard-Louis
Sarah Léonard-Louis

29 September 2026 in Journal of Neurology
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TNTommaso Nicoletti
Tommaso Nicoletti
OBOlivier Benveniste
Olivier Benveniste
MBMaxime Battistella
Maxime Battistella
TMThibault Mahevas
Thibault Mahevas
BABertrand Arnulf
Bertrand Arnulf
SLSarah Léonard-Louis
Sarah Léonard-Louis

3 November 2026 in Journal of Neurology
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TNTommaso Nicoletti
Tommaso Nicoletti
OBOlivier Benveniste
Olivier Benveniste
MBMaxime Battistella
Maxime Battistella
TMThibault Mahevas
Thibault Mahevas
BABertrand Arnulf
Bertrand Arnulf
SLSarah Léonard-Louis
Sarah Léonard-Louis