title: Radiotherapy-related axillary arteriopathy.
abstract: Treatment of breast cancer involves surgery, then perhaps radiation, hormonal or chemotherapy. Radiation-induced arterial injury is a well-known entity that represents a rare cause of arterial occlusion. We present the case of a 76-year old woman who complained of a severe intermittent claudication of the right upper limb. Twenty years before, she underwent a right-sided radical mastectomy followed by intense radiation therapy for several weeks. The patient was found to suffer of a radiotherapy-related axillary artery thrombosis and was successfully treated by angioplasty and stenting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Sud Gironde, Langon, France. federicobucci@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fiengo
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plagnol
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D008408:Mastectomy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*