Unexpected Symptomatic Pneumonitis Following Breast Tangent Radiation: A Case Report

Symptomatic radiation pneumonitis (RP) following radiation therapy (RT) to the breast alone is very uncommon. We report a case of an 80-year-old female who presented with fatigue, exertional dyspnea, fever, and cough 11.5 weeks following adjuvant breast RT with tangent fields alone. Imaging was cons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Conway, Jessica L, Long, Karen, Ploquin, Nicolas, Olivotto, Ivo A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
Materias:
Radiation Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26623218
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.363
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Sumario:Symptomatic radiation pneumonitis (RP) following radiation therapy (RT) to the breast alone is very uncommon. We report a case of an 80-year-old female who presented with fatigue, exertional dyspnea, fever, and cough 11.5 weeks following adjuvant breast RT with tangent fields alone. Imaging was consistent with RP, and she responded to a tapering course of steroids.

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