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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...
Autores principales: | Conway, Jessica L, Long, Karen, Ploquin, Nicolas, Olivotto, Ivo A |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2015
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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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