Avascular necrosis of bilateral femoral head as a result of long-term steroid administration for radiation pneumonitis after tangential irradiation of the breast

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 482-486

  Kosaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Mitsumori, Michihide ^a   Araki, Norio ^a   Yamauchi, Chikako ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a   Kodama, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kodama Breast Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Radiation pneumonitis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RELAPSE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; X-RAYS;

EID: 33845728989     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-006-0607-0     Document Type: Article

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