[Early post-radiation pericardial changes in Hodgkin's disease. Value of x-ray computed tomography].
Eighteen patients with mediastinal Hodgkin's disease treated with chemotherapy first, then irradiation were investigated during 1 year by means of 5 CT and radiological examinations of the chest. Four months after irradiation pericardial thickening was detected in 60 p. cent of the patients. The authors underline the high frequency, early occurrence and usually spontaneous resolution of radiation-related pericarditis without clinical or radiological signs.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors
Modifications péricardiques post-radiques précoces au cours de la maladie de Hodgkin. Intérêt de la tomodensitométrie.