title: Vascular changes in the urinary bladder wall after irradiation (an experimental study in rabbits with angiography and scanning electron microscopy of vascular casts).
abstract: Seven adult rabbits were used to study radiation-induced vascular changes in the urinary bladder by angiography and scanning electron microscopy of vascular casts. The angiographic studies, in which a magnification techniques was used, revealed a state of hypervascularization in the irradiated area of the bladder. With the angiographic method, however, it was not possible to visualize specific radiation-induced vascular changes within the irradiated area of the urinary bladder. Scanning electron microscopy of vascular casts made possible a detailed study of finer vessels in which typical radiation changes, teleangiectases, could be demonstrated.
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011817:Rabbits; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology