[Carcinoma of the kidney and generalised thorotrastosis after retrograde pyelography (author's transl)].
A 70 years old patient is presented who was nephrectomized because of carcinoma of the kidney following retrograde pyelography with Thorotrast in 1940. Despite of local application of the contrast medium thorotrastosis was also seen in liver, spleen and probably in bone marrow. Possible causal connections are discussed. Thorium was identified in the kidney and in the liver with an electron beam microprobe.
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D013911:Thorium Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014567:Urography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods
D013911:Thorium Dioxide
Nierenkarzinom und generalisierte Thorotrastose nach retrograder Pyelographie.