[Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia after adjuvant thoracic radiotherapy for breast cancer: a case report].

Abstract

We report a case of recurrent cough and migratory pulmonary infiltrates in a 55-year-old woman after adjuvant thoracic radiotherapy for breast cancer. The pulmonary infiltrates were initially limited to the area adjacent to the irradiated breast, but later migrated to the opposite lung. The diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) was made using a transbronchial biopsy, which disclosed intraluminal fibrosis in the distal airspace, together with a radiographic appearance typical of BOOP. This case was assumed to be in a series of reported cases of BOOP primed by radiotherapy.

• Authors: K Yamada, T Ogasawara, Y Akita, M Miyazaki, A Inukai, K Shinjo, M Suzuki
• Journal: Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society (Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi) Vol. 39 Issue 2 Pg. 122-5 (Feb 2001) ISSN: 1343-3490 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 11321823 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Breast Neoplasms (radiotherapy, surgery)
• Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Radiotherapy (adverse effects)
• Radiotherapy, Adjuvant