title: Early radiation-induced lung injury in a patient with prior diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: May
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdel-Wahab
authors.forename: Nagy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Elsayyad
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone