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Two rare complications in a single patient of lung cancer: Radiation-induced spontaneous esophageal perforation and aortic rupture and their successful management

Adjuvant radiotherapy is indicated in few operated cases of lung cancer for effective local control. Oesophageal perforation and aortic rupture are rare and lethal complications of postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy. Both of these complications happened in a 64 year male patient with squamous cell...

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Autores principales: Pulle, Mohan Venkatesh, Puri, Harsh Vardhan, Asaf, Belal Bin, Kumar, Arvind
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6611206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31333772
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/atm.ATM_30_19