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{{ Infobox diagnosis
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Radiation changes -- high mag.jpg
| Image      = Radiation changes -- high mag.jpg  
| Width      =
| Width      =
| Caption    = Radiation changes. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Radiation changes. [[H&E stain]].  
| Micro      = cytoplasmic vacuolation (usually abundant), enlarged nuclei - but usu. normal [[NC ratio]], no nuclear membrane irregularies, chromatin "smudgy", +/-multinucleation, +/-fibrosis (chronic change), +/-edema (acute change)
| Micro      = cytoplasmic vacuolation (usually abundant), enlarged nuclei - but usu. normal [[NC ratio]], no nuclear membrane irregularies, chromatin "smudgy", +/-multinucleation, +/-fibrosis (chronic change), +/-edema (acute change)
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[pleomorphic tumours]] - esp. [[sarcoma]]s, poorly differentiated carcinomas, drug/toxin effect, well-differentiated tumours in the background of radiation changes
| LMDDx      = [[pleomorphic tumours]] - esp. [[sarcoma]]s, poorly differentiated carcinomas, drug/toxin effect, well-differentiated tumours in the background of radiation changes, "[[giant cell cystitis]]"
| Stains    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        = Ki-67 low, pankeratin -ve (usu.)
| IHC        = Ki-67 low, pankeratin -ve (usu.)
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*Well-differentiated carcinoma, e.g. [[postradiation prostatic carcinoma]], may go unnoticed in the background of radiation-associated nuclear changes.
*Well-differentiated carcinoma, e.g. [[postradiation prostatic carcinoma]], may go unnoticed in the background of radiation-associated nuclear changes.
*Atypia associated with [[drug toxicity|drugs]].
*Atypia associated with [[drug toxicity|drugs]].
*"[[Giant cell cystitis]]" - benign mesenchymal atypia with or without inflammation.


===Images===
===Images===
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====brain====
====Brain====
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Glioblastoma-radiation changes HE.jpg | [[Glioblastoma]] with RC (WC/jensflorian)
File:Glioblastoma-radiation changes HE.jpg | [[Glioblastoma]] with RC (WC/jensflorian)
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File:Pathology Brain Radiation Necrosis 2.jpg | Radiation necrosis and gliosis (WC/Tdvorak)
File:Pathology Brain Radiation Necrosis 2.jpg | Radiation necrosis and gliosis (WC/Tdvorak)
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</gallery>


==IHC==
==IHC==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Radiation colitis]].
*[[Radiation colitis]].
*[[Radiation esophagitis]].
*[[Radiation changes in cervical cytology]].
*[[Radiation changes in cervical cytology]].
*[[Radiation changes of the endocervical epithelium]].
*[[Radiation changes of the endocervical epithelium]].