Mini-review on cardiac complications after mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin lymphoma

van Rijswijk, S.; Huijbregts, M.A.J.M.; Lust, E.; Strack van Schijndel, R.J.M.

Netherlands Journal of Medicine 66(6): 234-237

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-2977
PMID: 18689905
Document Number: 615347
We present a 62-year-old man who over the years developed almost all the possible cardiac complications of radiation therapy after treatment of a Hodgkin's lymphoma. A review of the literature and a summary of treatment options for cardiac complications after irradiation of the mediastinum for Hodgkin's lymphoma are presented.

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