title: [Arterial stenosis after radiotherapy].
abstract: Published reports of arterial stenosis following radiotherapy are reviewed. In oncological practice, this complication is rare but experimental studies have demonstrated the role of irradiation in producing arterial lesions. The histological specificity and the mechanisms of radiation and related arterial lesions are discussed. Atherosclerosis risk factors and chemotherapy could have a synergic role on artery stenosis. Cases reported of arterial stenosis after radiotherapy include subclavicular artery after breast cancer, carotid artery after head and neck cancer, coronary artery and abdominal aorta or its trunks after pelvic and abdominal irradiation. The radiotherapy parameters described are not unusual. Therapeutical modalities and their indications are presented.
authors.affiliation: Département de cancérologie, hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piedbois
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Becquemin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pierquin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mazeron
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pavlovitch
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otmezguine
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calitchi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Feuilhade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000528:radiation effects; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001158:Arteries / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000528:radiation effects; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology; D004106:Dilatation; D004285:Dogs; D004691:Endarterectomy; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D051381:Rats; D012307:Risk Factors; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000528:radiation effects; D013552:Swine
vernacular_title: Les sténoses artérielles après radiothérapie.