Radiation Effects

Epidemiology and Etiology:

Common sites:

Gross features:

Histologic features:

• acute:
• endothelial cell death
• inflammation of wall of vessel
• delayed:
• subintimal fibrosis
• fibrosis of the muscle wall
• degeneration of the internal elastic lamina
• severe narrowing of the lumen
• capillaries:
• thrombosed and obliterated
• ectatic

Immunophenotype:

Marker:

Sensitivity:

Specificity:

Molecular features:

Other features:

References:

• Robbins 2005