A case of organizing pneumonia after radiation therapy for breast cancer

Hirokazu Taniguchi; Minehiko Inomata; Samon Miyata; Hitoshi Abo; Masayoshi Touge; Hideki Shinnou; Hideki Miyazawa; Hirofumi Noto; Akio Uchiyama; Atsuo Miwa; Saburo Izumi

A case of organizing pneumonia after radiation therapy for breast cancer

Hirokazu Taniguchi^*, Minehiko Inomata, Samon Miyata, Hitoshi Abo, Masayoshi Touge, Hideki Shinnou, Hideki Miyazawa, Hirofumi Noto, Akio Uchiyama, Atsuo Miwa, Saburo Izumi

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Abstract

A 59-year-old woman underwent conserving surgery for left breast cancer, and received radiation to the postoperative breast. About six months after, a cough, fever, and dyspnea developed, and the chest radiograph showed consolidation in the left lung field. Transbronchial lung biopsy specimens revealed organizing pneumonia. She was started on prednisolone. The finding of her chest radiograph and her symptoms improved rapidly, and we stopped this drug after one year. Two months after stopping treatment, her chest radiograph showed a relapse of organizing pneumonia. She was started on prednisolone again, whereupon her chest radiograph findings improved rapidly. This case suggested that radiation to the postoperative breast induced organizing pneumonia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	154-159
Number of pages	6
Journal	Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases
Volume	66
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Breast cancer
Organizing pneumonia
Radiation
Steroid

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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A case of organizing pneumonia after radiation therapy for breast cancer

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