Corticosteroids in radiation-induced pericarditis

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978 · Chest; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.74.1.96· OSTI ID:6685492

Biran, S

A patient who developed acute pericarditis with effusion six weeks following irradiation of the chest for bilateral carcinoma of the breast is described. Oral therapy with corticosteroids was rapidly followed by a decrease of the cardiac shadow and by clinical improvement; the pericardial fluid did not reappear during a follow-up period of four years. It seems that acute pericarditis with effusion may appear in the early period after irradiation of the chest and can be treated with corticosteroids.

• Research Organization: Hadassah Univ. Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
• OSTI ID: 6685492
• Journal Information: Chest; (United States), Vol. 74:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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