BRONCHIAL STENOSIS AND SCLEROSING MEDIASTINITIS - AN UNCOMMON COMPLICATION OF EXTERNAL THORACIC RADIOTHERAPY

Authors
DECHAMBRE S DORZEE J FASTREZ J HANZEN C VANHOUTTE P DODEMONT JP
Citation
S. Dechambre et al., BRONCHIAL STENOSIS AND SCLEROSING MEDIASTINITIS - AN UNCOMMON COMPLICATION OF EXTERNAL THORACIC RADIOTHERAPY, The European respiratory journal, 11(5), 1998, pp. 1188-1190
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
The European respiratory journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
09031936
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1188 - 1190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-1936(1998)11:5<1188:BSASM->2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The side-effects of radiation therapy on the bronchial tree or on the mediastinum are seldom reported. In this setting, we report a case of sclerosing mediastinitis with bronchial stenosis discovered 1 yr after external radiotherapy for lung cancer. The patient was treated with a Dumont stent and has so far had an uneventful further course for up t o 42 months. Bronchial stenosis related to mediastinal fibrosis after radiotherapy has not been reported previously.