Open AccessRadiation-induced lung damage: Etiopathogenesis, clinical features, imaging findings and treatment
Author(s) -
Ljiljana Vasić,
Predrag Durdević
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1208319v
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , radiology , pneumonitis , lung cancer , adverse effect , ionizing radiation , lung , radiography , oncology , irradiation , physics , nuclear physics
This review is related to the mechanism of development of radiation induced pneumonitis, its pathological, clinical and radiological features and therapy. The team treating cancer patients consists of radiation oncologists and oncologists, as well as general practitioners, pulmologists and radiologists for monitoring effects of therapy. Therefore, a different number of specialists should be familiar with the importance of diagnosis in order to avoid differential diagnostic error in relation to infection, relapse or metastasis, chemotherapeutic adverse effects.