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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.
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Hietala, S.O., Winblad, B. Vascular changes in the urinary bladder wall after irradiation. International Urology and Nephrology 8, 121–128 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082207
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