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Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces
Spontaneous pneumothorax can be a rare complication of thoracic radiation therapy with severe consequences. Most of the cases in the medical literature have been described in lymphoma patients receiving radiation therapy. Spontaneous pneumothoraces are divided into two types which consist of primary...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624679/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28983354 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon952e |
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author | Jehangir, Waqas Osman, Mohamed Vwich, Yazan Khan, Rafay T. Singh, Shilpi Yousif, Abdalla |
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description | Spontaneous pneumothorax can be a rare complication of thoracic radiation therapy with severe consequences. Most of the cases in the medical literature have been described in lymphoma patients receiving radiation therapy. Spontaneous pneumothoraces are divided into two types which consist of primary and secondary. Primary occurs in absence of any known lung condition, while secondary has an underlying lung disease. The etiology of primary spontaneous pneumothorax has not yet been determined but risk factors such as smoking, family history, and male gender have been described unlike that of secondary which is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung conditions. In this report, we discuss the association with radiation therapy and pneumothorax. The pathogenesis of this complication has not fully been elucidated although different mechanisms have been proposed. In this case report, we discuss the findings and management of a female patient treated for angiosarcoma from the scalp with metastasis to the lung that was complicated by pneumothorax. |
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spelling | pubmed-56246792017-10-05 Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces Jehangir, Waqas Osman, Mohamed Vwich, Yazan Khan, Rafay T. Singh, Shilpi Yousif, Abdalla World J Oncol Case Report Spontaneous pneumothorax can be a rare complication of thoracic radiation therapy with severe consequences. Most of the cases in the medical literature have been described in lymphoma patients receiving radiation therapy. Spontaneous pneumothoraces are divided into two types which consist of primary and secondary. Primary occurs in absence of any known lung condition, while secondary has an underlying lung disease. The etiology of primary spontaneous pneumothorax has not yet been determined but risk factors such as smoking, family history, and male gender have been described unlike that of secondary which is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung conditions. In this report, we discuss the association with radiation therapy and pneumothorax. The pathogenesis of this complication has not fully been elucidated although different mechanisms have been proposed. In this case report, we discuss the findings and management of a female patient treated for angiosarcoma from the scalp with metastasis to the lung that was complicated by pneumothorax. Elmer Press 2015-12 2015-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5624679/ /pubmed/28983354 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon952e Text en Copyright 2015, Jehangir et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Jehangir, Waqas Osman, Mohamed Vwich, Yazan Khan, Rafay T. Singh, Shilpi Yousif, Abdalla Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces |
title | Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces |
title_full | Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces |
title_fullStr | Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces |
title_full_unstemmed | Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces |
title_short | Radiation and Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothoraces |
title_sort | radiation and bilateral spontaneous pneumothoraces |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624679/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28983354 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon952e |
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