Pleural Effusions Following Supervoltage Radiation for Breast Carcinoma

Bachman, Arnold L.; Macken, Kevin L.

doi:10.1148/72.5.699

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“… Possible RIP : effusion that develops in a patient who received radiation in the previous 18 months, whose effusion exclusively involved the lung and pleura that were irradiated, did not also receive chemotherapy known to cause pleural effusion and had no other cause for pleural effusion. This definition was adapted from criteria offered by Bachman and Macken . The phenomenon of RIP is poorly supported in the literature and the exact nature and definition of this clinical entity remains controversial.…”

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Non‐specific pleuritis in patients with active malignancy

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Non‐specific pleuritis in patients with active malignancy

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“…In differential diagnosis, it is important to exclude pleural effusions caused by postoperative radiotherapy, which usually occur during the first 6 months and are commonly accompanied by radiation pneumonitis; they usually resolve spontaneously over several months [186].…”

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Management of malignant pleural effusions

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“…Radiation therapy can cause pleural effusions by two mechanisms: radiation pleuritis and systemic venous hypertension or lymphatic obstruction from mediastinal fibrosis (2). Ipsilateral pleural effusions have been reported in 6% of patients with breast carcinoma who received radiation therapy (26). All received 4,000 to 6,000 rads.…”

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The pleural space and organ transplantation.

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Am J Respir Crit Care Med

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Pleural disease both before and after organ transplantation has important implications. Pleural effusions are common in candidates for heart, liver, and kidney transplantation. A thoracentesis is not mandatory in these patients, but it should be performed if clinical or radiologic features suggest that the effusion is not the result of organ failure. Posttransplant pleural infections and pleural PTLD relate to the level and duration of immunosuppression and are probably not organ-specific. Organ-specific pleural complications include pleural effusion from hepatic venoocclusive disease, spontaneous pneumothorax associated with obstructive airway disease from chronic GVHD after bone marrow transplantation, and early pleural effusion from urinothorax and late effusion from perirenal lymphocele years after kidney transplantation. The treatment of pleural disease in potential lung transplant candidates should minimize the extent of pleurodesis. Pleural effusions are expected sequelae after lung transplantation, and they may be harbingers of acute rejection. Interpleural communication, an expected finding after heart-lung transplantation or double-lung transplantation with a "clamshell" incision, has therapeutic implications.

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Pleural Effusions Following Supervoltage Radiation for Breast Carcinoma

Cited by 53 publications

References 2 publications

Non‐specific pleuritis in patients with active malignancy

Non‐specific pleuritis in patients with active malignancy

Management of malignant pleural effusions

The pleural space and organ transplantation.

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