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Proton beam therapy causing pericarditis – a rare case of radiation induced cardiotoxicity

Acute pericarditis is caused by the inflammation of the pericardium which can result in an effusion around the heart. Proton beam therapy causing radiation-induced pericarditis is not a well-known cause of pericarditis. We present a case of a patient with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome who developed acute ons...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Rahul, Lin, Muling, Freedman, Gary M., Sundlof, Deborah W., Fadlon, Cheri Silverstein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9014645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35436973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40959-022-00135-0
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Sumario:Acute pericarditis is caused by the inflammation of the pericardium which can result in an effusion around the heart. Proton beam therapy causing radiation-induced pericarditis is not a well-known cause of pericarditis. We present a case of a patient with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome who developed acute onset pericarditis, presumed to be secondary to proton beam therapy.