Conway Jessica L, Long Karen, Ploquin Nicolas, Olivotto Ivo A
Department of Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary.
Department of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary.
Cureus. 2015 Oct 22;7(10):e363. doi: 10.7759/cureus.363.
Symptomatic radiation pneumonitis (RP) following radiation therapy (RT) to the breast alone is very uncommon. We report a case of an 80-year-old female who presented with fatigue, exertional dyspnea, fever, and cough 11.5 weeks following adjuvant breast RT with tangent fields alone. Imaging was consistent with RP, and she responded to a tapering course of steroids.
仅对乳房进行放射治疗(RT)后出现症状性放射性肺炎(RP)的情况非常罕见。我们报告一例80岁女性病例,该患者在仅采用切线野进行辅助性乳房RT后11.5周出现疲劳、劳力性呼吸困难、发热和咳嗽。影像学检查结果与RP相符,她对逐渐减量的类固醇治疗有反应。