Key result
The abstract describes the methodology for evaluating radiographic changes following mediastinal irradiation in 103 patients with Hodgkin's disease, but does not report quantitative results.
Why the study?
Does mediastinal irradiation cause radiographic changes in the cardiac silhouette indicative of pericardial effusion in patients with Hodgkin's disease?
Population
87 previously untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease who received mediastinal irradiation and had at…
Design
Cohort, Radiographs were reviewed without knowledge of the date of the film
Follow-up
at least 6 months
Authors
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No quantitative results reported; leaves open whether mediastinal irradiation induces radiographic pericardial changes in Hodgkin's disease.
Observational (n=103)
No
Does mediastinal irradiation cause radiographic changes in the cardiac silhouette indicative of pericardial effusion in patients with Hodgkin's disease?
This study outlines a methodology for retrospectively evaluating radiographic changes in the cardiac silhouette following mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease to detect pericardial effusion.
Pierce et al. (1969) conducted an observational in Hodgkin's disease (n=103). Mediastinal irradiation was evaluated on Radiographic changes in the cardiac silhouette. The abstract describes the methodology for evaluating radiographic changes following mediastinal irradiation in 103 patients with Hodgkin's disease, but does not report quantitative results.
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