Bronchiolitis obliterans. A new clinical-pathologic complication of irradiation pneumonitis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient underwent chest irradiation for small-cell carcinoma of the left lung. Several weeks following cessation of irradiation, the patient developed hypoxemia and reticulonodular densities within the radiation port. Open lung biopsy yielded a pathologic diagnosis consistent with irradiation pneumonitis along with a previously unreported association, bronchiolitis obliterans. Bronchiolitis obliterans should be included in the pathologic description of irradiation pneumonitis.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans
- Pneumonia
- Radiotherapy