Journal of Lung Cancer  2005;4(1):48-50

Low-dose, Whole-lung Radiotherapy for Pulmonary Extramedullary Hematompoiesis : A case report.

Si Yeol SONG 1 ; Eun Kyung CHOI ; Jong Hoon KIM ; Seung Do AHN ; Seong Soo SHIN ; Sang Wook LEE

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Keywords

Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Radiation therapy; Pulmonary hypertension

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

A seventy-seven year old female was consulted for radiation therapy due to the infiltration of lung and pleural effusion from myelofibrosis. She was diagnosed clinically as extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH), and had severe dyspnea and cardiac dysfunction originated from pulmonary hypertension. She underwent low-dose (2 Gy) whole-lung radiation therapy in 4fractions of 50 cGy each. Clinical symptom, especially dyspnea, and chest X-ray imaging was markedly improved after radiation therapy. We experienced that the low-dose whole-lung radiation therapy to EMH in lung might be effective for the palliation of pulmonary hypertension