Original Articles: PDF OnlyAcute Radiation Nephritis Its Evolution on Sequential Bone ImagingPALESTRO, CHRISTOPHER M.D.; FINEMAN, DEBRA M.D.; GOLDSMITH, STANLEY J. M.D. Author Information From the Andre Meyer Department of Physics-Nuclear Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York Clinical Nuclear Medicine: November 1988 - Volume 13 - Issue 11 - p 789-791 Buy Abstract Acute radiation nephritis typically affects the kidneys 3-12 months after radiation exposure and may occur with doses as low as 2500 rads. After an initial latent period, the affected portions of the kidneys become swollen and edematous, and develop multiple petechiae. Necrotizing vasculitis and interstitial hemorrhage occur, and the end stage is that of scarring. Two patients are presented in whom localized acute radiation nephritis developed, and whose kidneys demonstrated the characteristic sequential changes of this entity on serial bone imaging. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
