Delayed noninvasive reduction of large bullae following thoracic irradiation

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 609-611

  Noël Savina, Elise ^a   Leroyer, Christophe ^b   Descourt, Renaud ^a  

^a CHU MORVAN   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Fibrosis; Lung cancer; Pneumonitis; Radiotherapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CORONARY ARTERIES; EMPHYSEMA; FIBROSIS; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCER; PNEUMONITIS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOCHEMOTHERAPY; THORACIC IRRADIATIONS;

CHEMOTHERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; LATE RADIATION FIBROSIS RETRACTION OF THE LARGE BULLA; LUNG BULLA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; BIOPSY; BLISTER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865388628     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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