Failure of development of the growing breast after radiation therapy.
Four cases are presented in which young girls received radiation therapy to treat childhood malignancies. Subsequently, one breast, which had been included in the radiation field in each case did not develop. This phenomenon has been seen after orthovoltage as well as supervoltage therapy, but is not mentioned in recent diagnostic imaging literature.
Rosenfield
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Haller
J O
JO
Berdon
W E
WE
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013997:Time Factors