Radiation pneumonitis resembling bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia after postoperative irradiation for lung cancer: A case report

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 332-333

  Mitsuharu, Iijima ^a   Harumi, Sakahara ^b  

^a Yaizu City Hospital   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP); Lung cancer; Postoperative radiotherapy; Radiation pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS;

EID: 0141834163     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: 13477951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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