A Case of Suspected Radiation Recall Pneumonitis After a COVID-19 Infection

We present the case of a 78-year-old woman who received definitive radiation therapy for small cell lung cancer three and a half years ago. She was asymptomatic when she tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). She then developed a rapid decline in respiratory status on day seven. Ch...

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Autores principales: Kurosaki, Hiromasa, Utsumi, Nobuko, Miura, Kosei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Radiation Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8012262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824832
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13688
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description We present the case of a 78-year-old woman who received definitive radiation therapy for small cell lung cancer three and a half years ago. She was asymptomatic when she tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). She then developed a rapid decline in respiratory status on day seven. Chest radiograph revealed a strong shadow at the prior irradiation site. Radiation recall reactions are usually caused by drug administration, but in this case, it was suspected to be caused by COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-80122622021-04-05 A Case of Suspected Radiation Recall Pneumonitis After a COVID-19 Infection Kurosaki, Hiromasa Utsumi, Nobuko Miura, Kosei Cureus Radiation Oncology We present the case of a 78-year-old woman who received definitive radiation therapy for small cell lung cancer three and a half years ago. She was asymptomatic when she tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). She then developed a rapid decline in respiratory status on day seven. Chest radiograph revealed a strong shadow at the prior irradiation site. Radiation recall reactions are usually caused by drug administration, but in this case, it was suspected to be caused by COVID-19. Cureus 2021-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8012262/ /pubmed/33824832 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13688 Text en Copyright © 2021, Kurosaki et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 author and source are credited.
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A Case of Suspected Radiation Recall Pneumonitis After a COVID-19 Infection
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title_short A Case of Suspected Radiation Recall Pneumonitis After a COVID-19 Infection
title_sort case of suspected radiation recall pneumonitis after a covid-19 infection
topic Radiation Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8012262/
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