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CASE REPORT

Post-renal acute renal failure during pelvis irradiation for prostate cancer

Marc David¹, Luis Souhami¹, Armen Aprikian²

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 Department of Urology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Address correspondence to Dr. Marc David, Department of Radiation Oncology. Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4 Canada.

Canadian Journal of Urology 2002, 9(4), 1599-1601.

Abstract

A case of post renal acute renal failure secondary to radiation therapy for prostate cancer is described. Severe bladder inflammatory reaction, leading to bilateral ureteric obstruction, occurred after a moderate dose of radiotherapy (6400 cGy in 35 fractions). At a follow-up time of 8 years, the patient has fully recovered and remains disease-free. To our knowledge, this complication has never been described previously. Given the thrust in prostate cancer treatment toward dose escalation this complication could become more frequent.

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