August 17, 1972New England Journal of Medicine
Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Childhood Lymphoma
Population
n=1, 9-year-old boy with a mediastinal mass diagnosed as poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
September 1966 to May 1969
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Alerts clinicians to rare MI risk after pediatric radiotherapy; leaves open dose thresholds and monitoring needs in survivors.
Structured PICO
P
Population
n=1, 9-year-old boy with a mediastinal mass diagnosed as poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma
I
Intervention
Operation followed by radiotherapy (total cardiac dose approximated 4000 rads)
O
Outcome
Acute myocardial infarction
This case report highlights the rare occurrence of acute myocardial infarction in a child following radiotherapy for lymphoma.
Cite This Study
Bagby et al. (1972) studied this question.