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Encased by Infection: A Rare Case of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Induced by Disseminated Cysticercosis [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Cysticercosis refers to a disease caused by the larvae of Taenia solium parasitizing various tissues and organs of the human body. It is reported that cysticercosis is most commonly caused by the central nervous system, and retroperitoneal fibrosis is ...
Lufeng Zhang, Shaoyang Zhan
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Clinical characteristics of IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis versus idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is an uncommon condition characterized by inflammation and fibrosis in the retroperitoneal space. More than two-thirds of RPF are idiopathic, with the remaining stemed from a variety of secondary causes.
Kunkun Wang, Zhenfan Wang, Qiaozhu Zeng, Lijuan Zhu, Jingyuan Gao, Ziqiao Wang, Shanshan Zhang, Fei Yang, Danhua Shen, Yi Wang, Yanying Liu   +10 more
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Invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast presenting as retroperitoneal fibrosis: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast represents approximately 6.3% of mammary malignancies. Distant metastasis of invasive lobular carcinoma to the peritoneum or retroperitoneum has been reported fairly frequently.
Al-Haddad Sahar, Gabril Manal Y, Yousef George M, Mulligan Anna, Honey R John   +4 more
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IgG4‐related retroperitoneal fibrosis: A case report of a challenging disease [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)‐related disease (IgG4‐RD) is a multi‐organ immune‐mediated fibroinflammatory disorder that may imitate malignancy, infectious or any other inflammatory disorder.
Saika Farook, Md. Shariful Alam Jilani, Md. Kamrul Islam, Shamima Rahman, Rumana Ashraf, Naval Mendiratta, Sudhir Kumar Rawal   +6 more
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Journal of Urology, 2012
Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare syndrome hallmarked by a fibrosclerotic tissue in the retroperitoneum, often leading to encasement of the ureters. About two-thirds of cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis are idiopathic, while the remaining cases are secondary to a variety of different causes, including drugs, tumors and infections.
Luke Danaher
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis – the state-of-the-art [PDF]

Rheumatology, 2016
Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare disease, hallmarked by inflammation and deposition of fibrous tissue around the abdominal aorta. This process may spread contiguously and involve adjacent structures, leading to many complications, among which the
Marta Runowska, Dominik Majewski, Mariusz Puszczewicz   +2 more
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Fibroblast-directed PET imaging reveals a case of retroperitoneal fibrosis after immunotherapy for metastatic urothelial cancer of the upper tract [PDF]

Urology Case Reports
Urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract (UTUC) are relatively rare and challenging to treat. We present a case report of a 55-year-old male patient with high-grade renal UTUC who received adjuvant pembrolizumab immunotherapy.
L. Gallardo Zamora, F.C. von Rundstedt, C. Wach, W.P. Fendler, I. Maric, K. Herrmann, J.T. Siveke, P.F.-Y. Cheung, V. Grünwald   +8 more
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ARID1A-Deficient and 11q13-Amplified Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Initially Presenting as Retroperitoneal Fibrosis in a Patient with Familial CHEK2 Variant [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background and Clinical Significance: Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), a rare fibroinflammatory disorder, is classified into idiopathic (iRPF) and secondary (sRPF) forms, with the latter posing significant diagnostic challenges in routine clinical pathway
Siming Kong, Tongxin Cao, Yakun Liu, Xuedong Wang, Mingshuo Wang, Tianzi Luo, Yunfang Wang, Pengfei Wang, Hui Bai   +8 more
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IgG4‐related retroperitoneal fibrosis induced by nivolumab and ipilimumab in a patient with non‐small cell lung cancer: A case report [PDF]

Thoracic Cancer
IgG4‐related diseases are adverse events that occur after receiving treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). This study reports the first case of IgG4‐related retroperitoneal fibrosis after the administration of chemotherapy with nivolumab and ...
Masashi Nishimura, Yoshifumi Kimizuka, Takunori Ogawa, Motohiro Tsuchiya, Yoshiki Kato, Akira Matsukida, Shunya Igarashi, Koki Ito, Yusuke Serizawa, Tomomi Tanigaki, Yuji Fujikura, Yuka Katsurada, Sho Ogata, Akihiko Kawana   +13 more
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis in presence of autoimmune coagulation factor XIII deficiency result in recurrent critical post-operative hemorrhage: a case report and molecular research with new insights [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundIdiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis is an IgG4-related disease where pathological role and clinical significance of IgG4 antibodies remain largely unknown.
Tomonori Matsushita, Tomonori Matsushita, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Hiromichi Nakagawa, Shuhei Goto, Koji Nishizawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Takashi Kobayashi, Shigeki Fukuzawa, Kunihiko Itoh   +9 more
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