Abstract
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.
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Moore, L., Curry, N.S. & Jenrette, J.M. Computed tomography of acute radiation nephritis. Urol Radiol 8, 89–91 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924084
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924084