Recurrent Massive Pleural Effusion as a Late Complication of Radiotherapy in Hodgkin's Disease

Autor: Rodríguez-García, José L., Fraile, Guadalupe, Moreno, Maria A., Sánchez-Corral, Juan A., Peñalver, Rafael
Zdroj: Chest; October 1991, Vol. 100 Issue: 4 p1165-1166, 2p
Abstrakt: We report a very unusual case of a patient with recurrent massive PEs eight years after mediastinal radiotherapy for HD, in which evidence of lymphomatous recurrence could not be demonstrated. The diagnosis of PE as a complication of radiation is presumptive, and other disorders causing PE must be excluded. This condition requires symptomatic treatment and a close follow-up of the patient.
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