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Case Reports
. 1988 Apr;137(4):955-7.
doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/137.4.955.

Unilateral lung hyperlucency after mediastinal irradiation

M L Wencel  1 , R G Sitrin
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Case Reports

Unilateral lung hyperlucency after mediastinal irradiation

M L Wencel et al. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1988 Apr.

Abstract

A 39-yr-old woman developed progressive exertional dyspnea 13 yr after receiving mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease. Chest roentgenogram showed a hyperlucent right lung. Pulmonary blood flow was markedly reduced on the right by ventilation-perfusion scanning. Pulmonary angiography showed attenuation and diffuse atrophy of the right pulmonary artery and its branches. This case represents a late and uncommon complication of mediastinal irradiation manifesting as a unilateral hyperlucent lung.

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