Severe constrictive pericarditis after single 16 MeV anterior mantle irradiation for Hodgkin's disease.
Severe constrictive pericarditis developed in 4 of 73 patients after single anterior 16 MeV mantle field irradiation for Hodgkin's disease. 3 patients (4.1%) died; the other had successful pericardectomy. Use of a single anterior mantle field of high-energy X-rays is clearly more hazardous than conventional opposed-field techniques, and the resulting radiation pericarditis is difficult to treat.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods