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Case Reports
. 1994 Sep;49(9):936-7.
doi: 10.1136/thx.49.9.936.

Pneumothorax following thoracic radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease

M G Penniment  1 , P C O'Brien
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Pneumothorax following thoracic radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease

M G Penniment et al. Thorax. 1994 Sep.

Abstract

Radiation therapy alone to the nodal drainage sites above the diaphragm, namely a "mantle" field, is often standard treatment for early stage Hodgkin's disease and may be used in combination with chemotherapy in more advance disease. Localised pneumonitis and fibrosis are recognised treatment related sequelae; however, other pulmonary complications, including pneumothorax, have been described. Two cases of spontaneous pneumothorax following mantle radiation therapy are presented.

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