tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: " Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) after thoracic radiotherapy for breast carcinoma"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Radiation Oncology cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) after thoracic radiotherapy for breast carcinoma. | Radiation Oncology BioMed Central Open Access Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia BOOP after thoracic radiotherapy for breast carcinoma Robin Cornelissen1 2 Suresh Senan3 Imogeen E Antonisse4 Hauw Liem5 Youke KYTan1 Arjan Rudolphus1 and Joachim GJV Aerts 1 2 Address 1Dept of Pulmonary Diseases Sint Franciscus Gasthuis Rotterdam The Netherlands 2Dept of Pulmonary Diseases Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam The Netherlands 3Dept of Radiation Oncology VU University Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands 4Dept of Radiation Oncology Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam The Netherlands and 5Dept of Pulmonary Diseases Lievensberg Hospital Bergen op Zoom The Netherlands Email Robin Cornelissen - Suresh Senan - Imogeen E Antonisse - Hauw Liem - Youke KYTan - Arjan Rudolphus - Joachim GJV Aerts - Corresponding author Published 03 January 2007 Received 22 August 2006 Radiation Oncology 2007 2 2 doi 1748-717X-2-2 Accepted 03 January 2007 This article is available from http content 2 1 2 2007 Cornelissen et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Common complications of thoracic radiotherapy include esophagitis and radiation pneumonitis. However it is important to be aware of uncommon post-radiotherapy complications such as bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia BOOP . We report on two patients with carcinoma of the breast who developed an interstitial lung disease consistent with BOOP. BOOP responds to treatment with corticosteroids and the prognosis is generally good