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Case Reports
. 2022 Jan;13(1):144-145.
doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.14239. Epub 2021 Nov 17.

Radiation recall pneumonitis after COVID-19 vaccination

Kanako Shinada  1 , Shuji Murakami  1 , Daisaku Yoshida  2 , Haruhiro Saito  1
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Case Reports

Radiation recall pneumonitis after COVID-19 vaccination

Kanako Shinada et al. Thorac Cancer. 2022 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccination; non-small-cell lung cancer; radiation recall pneumonitis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Murakami reports the receipt of personal fees from AstraZeneca, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Boehringer Ingelheim, Taiho Pharmaceutical, and Ono Pharmaceutical. Saito reports grants from Chugai Pharmaceutical and AstraZeneca; and personal fees from Ono Pharmaceutical, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, MSD, and Novartis Pharma. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Computed tomography (CT) images of pulmonary opacity during the clinical course of the patient. (a) CT scan at diagnosis revealed a mass lesion in the right lower lobe. (b) There was no evidence of pneumonitis on the CT scan after the completion of durvalumab maintenance treatment following concurrent chemoradiotherapy. (c) Twenty‐one days after the second COVID‐19 vaccination, suspected radiation recall pneumonitis was detected. (d) Comparison of the planned isodose curve in the treatment plan and pneumonitis
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