title: Radiation pneumonitis after radiotherapy of neck lymphoma.
abstract: Radiotherapy is still one of the effective means for treatment of malignant tumors up to now. Particularly, it is an indispensable effective measure for treatment of some lymphoma patients. In routine work, radiation pneumonitis (RP) is the most significant complication of acute treatment-related toxicities in lung cancer; however, serious radioactive pneumonia is rare for the radiotherapy of neck lymphoma because the volume of the lungs affected by radiation dose was very small. We report a lymphoma case, where the patient had undergone radiotherapy for the bilateral neck and bilateral supraclavicular/infraclavicular area. Following completion of radiotherapy, the patient developed severe radiation pneumonitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtz University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtz University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtz University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtz University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Shihua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtz University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Yonghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtz University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Weijia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtz University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Jiyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang