TY - JOUR
T1 - Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia after radiofrequency ablation of lung cancer
T2 - Report of three cases
AU - Hiraki, Takao
AU - Gobara, Hideo
AU - Kato, Katsuya
AU - Toyooka, Shinichi
AU - Mimura, Hidefumi
AU - Kanazawa, Susumu
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - The present report describes three cases of a bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP)-like reactive pneumonitis following radiofrequency (RF) ablation for lung cancer. The incidence of BOOP-like reactive pneumonitis after RF ablation at the authors' institution was estimated to be approximately 0.4% (three of 840 sessions). The patients presented with nonspecific symptoms. Computed tomography images showed consolidation or ground-glass opacity in a peripheral-dominant distribution and/or patchy air-space opacities. The disease was nonresponsive to antibiotic therapy but responded favorably to pulse therapy of steroids. BOOP-like reactive pneumonitis should be recognized as a complication following lung RF ablation.
AB - The present report describes three cases of a bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP)-like reactive pneumonitis following radiofrequency (RF) ablation for lung cancer. The incidence of BOOP-like reactive pneumonitis after RF ablation at the authors' institution was estimated to be approximately 0.4% (three of 840 sessions). The patients presented with nonspecific symptoms. Computed tomography images showed consolidation or ground-glass opacity in a peripheral-dominant distribution and/or patchy air-space opacities. The disease was nonresponsive to antibiotic therapy but responded favorably to pulse therapy of steroids. BOOP-like reactive pneumonitis should be recognized as a complication following lung RF ablation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.09.011
DO - 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.09.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 22221477
AN - SCOPUS:84855393668
SN - 1051-0443
VL - 23
SP - 126
EP - 130
JO - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
IS - 1
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