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Philippe Camus, M.D.
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Diagnosing DIRD
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Drug and radiation history
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Drug singularity - Correct identification of the drug
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Consistent timing of exposure v. onset of symptoms
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Clinical, imaging, BAL, pathological pattern consistent with the specific drug
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Careful exlusion of another cause
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Remission of symptoms with removal of drug
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Recurrence with rechallenge (rarely advisable)
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Causality assessment
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See also under
Radiation therapy (early effects)
Radiation therapy to the breast
Radiation therapy to the chest
Radiation therapy, infusional (injected 131I or 90Y radioactivity)
Radiation therapy, mantle-field-
Radiation therapy, stereotactic (SBRT)
Publications
Between a Rock and a Hard Place. A Late Complication of Thoracic Radiation Therapy.
Effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
Poor outcome in radiation-induced constrictive pericarditis.
