PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M G Penniment
AU  - P C O'Brien
TI  - Pneumothorax following thoracic radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.49.9.936
DP  - 1994 Sep 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 936--937
VI  - 49
IP  - 9
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/49/9/936.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/49/9/936.full
SO  - Thorax1994 Sep 01; 49
AB  - Radiation therapy alone to the nodal drainage sites above the diaphragm, namely a "mantle" field, is often standard treatment for early stage Hodgkin's disease and may be used in combination with chemotherapy in more advance disease. Localised pneumonitis and fibrosis are recognised treatment related sequelae; however, other pulmonary complications, including pneumothorax, have been described. Two cases of spontaneous pneumothorax following mantle radiation therapy are presented.