Radiation-Induced Rib Fractures on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Following Proton Therapy for Breast Cancer With Pencil Beam Scanning

Radiation-induced rib fractures (RIRF) are long-term complications associated with irradiation of the chest/chest wall. RIRFs are commonly seen in lung- or breast-cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) or conventional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), respectively....

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Autores principales: Way, Ashley R, Wasserman, Paul L, Mailhot, Raymond, Letter, Haley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33240715
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11120
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Sumario:Radiation-induced rib fractures (RIRF) are long-term complications associated with irradiation of the chest/chest wall. RIRFs are commonly seen in lung- or breast-cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) or conventional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), respectively. We report a case of a 31-year-old female presenting with pathological fractures of the third, fourth, and fifth ribs discovered on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a complication from pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy (PT), of the whole left breast and regional lymph nodes. To our knowledge, this presentation is the first to be initially reported on MRI in radiological literature.

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