Radiation injury to abdominal aorta and iliac artery sustained in infancy.
Late complications of radiation therapy will become more common as treatment of neoplasms in childhood becomes more successful. A patient with a successfully treated Wilm's tumour presented with hypertension 3 years after therapy. Angiography revealed extensive damage to the aorta and left common iliac artery, probably caused by the radiation therapy. The hypertension was the result of renal artery stenosis.
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000209:etiology; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000532:radiotherapy