RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pneumothorax following thoracic radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 936
OP 937
DO 10.1136/thx.49.9.936
VO 49
IS 9
A1 M G Penniment
A1 P C O'Brien
YR 1994
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/49/9/936.abstract
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.