Computed tomography of acute radiation nephritis.
A patient with Hodgkin's disease received a fractionated 3,740 rad dosage over 4 weeks to a portal that included both kidneys. Three months later a computed tomographic scan obtained 2 hours after intravenous contrast injection demonstrated sharply demarcated, dense, persistent nephrograms corresponding to the irradiated areas. These changes are ascribed to acute radiation nephritis, reflecting tubular stasis and ischemia.
D002648:Child; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D009393:Nephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed