Early radiation-induced lung injury in a patient with prior diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonitis.
This case study is to report the observation that clinically diagnosed radiation pneumonitis (geometrically conforming to the radiation treatment volume) occurred at a subthreshold radiation dose in a patient with a previous history of pathologically diagnosed bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonitis.
Pierce
Lauren
L
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Lewin
Allan
A
Abdel-Wahab
May
M
Elsayyad
Nagy
N
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017564:Radiation Pneumonitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone