Irradiated fields spared Stevens-Johnson syndrome in a patient undergoing radiotherapy for bone metastases

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Musio, Daniela ^a   Parisi, Elisabetta ^a   Dionisi, Francesco ^a   Parisi, Giuseppe ^a   Caiazzo, Rossella ^a   Bulzonetti, Nadia ^a   Lichtner, Miriam ^a   Raffetto, Nicola ^a   Vullo, Vincenzo ^a   Banelli, Enzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phenobarbital; Radiotherapy; Skin reaction; Spared fields; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOCETAXEL; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; INFUSION FLUID; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUMBOSACRAL METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALAISE; METASTASIS; MOUTH LESION; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RASH; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SORE THROAT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOBARBITAL; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 65149096382     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-008-0297-9     Document Type: Article

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