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Tracheal fistula associated with bevacizumab 20 months after mediastinal radiation

Authors :
Yasushi Ryujin
Hideto Yamada
Wataru Shigemori
Makoto Osawa
Tetsuya Oguma
Taishi Nagao
Yasutaka Nakano
Hiroshi Wada
Source :
BMJ case reports. 2010
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We report a case of a 60-year-old woman who developed a tracheal fistula 20 months after mediastinal radiation while being treated with bevacizumab. She presented with a large right-sided mediastinal mass given a diagnosis of stage IIIB adenocarcinoma. She was treated with definitive thoracic radiation (figure 1) and a concurrent chemotherapy, including both cisplatin and docetaxel. Eleven months after chemoradiotherapy …

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ISSN :
1757790X
Volume :
2010
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BMJ case reports
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....20187fd205a625f4ca2fc34378a59f66