Radiation Injury in a Patient with Unusually High Sensitivity to Radiation

Authors

  • S. Matsubara Department of Radiology and the Department of Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Nakan Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • F. Saito Department of Radiology and the Department of Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Nakan Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • T. Suda Department of Radiology and the Department of Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Nakan Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • H. Fuibayashi Department of Radiology and the Department of Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Nakan Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • H. Shibuya Department of Radiology and the Department of Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Nakan Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • J. Horiuchi Department of Radiology and the Department of Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Nakan Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • S. Suzuki Department of Radiology and the Department of Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Nakan Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/02841868809090321

Keywords:

Radiations, injurious effects, postmastectomy irra- diation, pericarditis, lymphopenia, chromosome aberration, high radiosensitivity

Abstract

Radiation therapy is usually given with the assumption that interindividual variations in radiosensitivity are small, except for some patients with hereditary diseases associated with increased sensitivity. Recently, we observed radiation induced pericarditis in a breast carcinoma patient, in whom clinical signs, blood counts and chromosome analysis after in vitro irradiation of blood suggested a state of unusually high radiosensitivity. No evidence of constitutional chromosome abnormality was found in karyotypic analysis with the G-banding technique.

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Published

1988-01-01

How to Cite

Matsubara, S. ., Saito, F. ., Suda, T., Fuibayashi, H. ., Shibuya, H. ., Horiuchi, J. ., & Suzuki, S. . (1988). Radiation Injury in a Patient with Unusually High Sensitivity to Radiation. Acta Oncologica, 27(1), 67–71. https://doi.org/10.3109/02841868809090321

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (1988): Acta Oncologica

Section

Articles