Unusual complication after radiotherapy for breast cancer bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: Case report and review of the literature

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Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-423

  Guerriero, Gabriella ^a,d   Battista, Cleonice ^b   Montesano, Marilena ^b   Carino, Rita ^b   Primavera, Angelo ^b   Costantino, Sebastiano ^b   Spoto, Silvia ^b   D'Angelillo, Rolando Maria ^c   Altomare, Vittorio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LUNG BIOPSY; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28344444539     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160509100508     Document Type: Review

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