Arlt W

Capps GW

Cohen EP

Fajardo LF

Johnson PT

Libshitz HI

Lingam RK

Mayo-Smith WM

Rosol TJ

Acta Radiologica Short Reports

 Radiation nephropathy was first recognized in 1906. The kidney is a radiosensitive organ with a tolerance dose (5% complications in 5 years) of 20 Gray. The imaging findings of acute and chronic radiation induced renal injury are previously described. Radiation-induced adrenal injury, to our knowledge, has not been described in the literature. Unlike the kidneys and other upper abdominal organs, the adrenal glands are traditionally thought to be radio-resistant, protected from radiation-induced injury by proximity to adjacent organs and by the adrenal medulla which reportedly has increased radio-resistance. We present the computed tomographic imaging findings of a patient with acute radiation induced adrenal injury which resulted in adrenal insufficiency following radiotherapy of an adjacent thecal metastasis. </jats:p

Nicola Schieda

Parvati Ramchandani

Evan S Siegelman

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Computed tomographic findings of radiation-induced acute adrenal injury with associated radiation nephropathy: a case report

Computed tomographic findings of radiation-induced acute adrenal injury with associated radiation nephropathy: a case report

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