Radiotherapy damages gut vasculature and therefore causes ischaemia. It tends to occur with doses >45 Gy and presentation may be delayed ...
Radiotherapy damages gut vasculature and therefore causes ischaemia. It tends to occur with doses >45 Gy and presentation may be delayed by many years.
• Mural and fold thickening (acute)
• Ulceration
• Increased attenuation of the associated mesentery
• Widening of the pre-sacral space
• Rarely strictures or fistulation (chronic)
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