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Bronchial stenosis and sclerosing mediastinitis: an uncommon complication of external thoracic radiotherapy
S t Dechambre1, J Dorzee, J Fastrez
1Dept of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Clinique Saint Joseph, Mons, Belgium.
The European Respiratory Journal
|July 2, 1998
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 to 42 months. Bronchial stenosis related to mediastinal fibrosis after radiotherapy has not been reported previously.