Vascular and morphological changes in the urinary bladder wall after irradiation

Int Urol Nephrol. 1975;7(2):119-29. doi: 10.1007/BF02085431.

Abstract

Twelve adult rabbits were used to study radiation-induced changes in the urinary bladder by angiographic, microangiographic, light microscopic and scanning electron microscopic methods. Angiographic, microangiographic and light microscopy examinations were performed on 2 animals in which the urinary bladders were not irradiated and on 4 animals in which parts of the bladders received high radiation doses of 60Co. The bladders irradiated in this manner exhibited advanced changes within a shorter time after irradiation than those in an earlier study. In this study a lower dose of irradiation was given over the entire bladder. Otherwise, the radiation changes were similar. Light and scanning electron microscopic studies were carried out on 2 normal and 4 irradiated bladders. In the latter, atrophy of the mucosa, epithelial desquamation, cellular atypisms and ulcerations were observed.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Cobalt Radioisotopes
  • Female
  • Male
  • Microcirculation / diagnostic imaging
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Rabbits
  • Radiation Effects*
  • Radiation Injuries, Experimental / pathology*
  • Radiography
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder / radiation effects*
  • Urinary Bladder / ultrastructure
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / pathology*

Substances

  • Cobalt Radioisotopes