Presternal soft tissue calcifications following mediastinal radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
A patient is described in whom dense calcifications developed in the presternal soft tissues of the chest four years after mediastinal radiotherapy. This is believed to represent dystrophic calcification in previously normal but incidentally radiated tissues following standard dose radiotherapy to the mediastinum for stage IIA Hodgkin's disease.
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography