Cardiac surgery in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis and heart valvulopathy, both due to pergolide medication for Parkinson's disease [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2009 Retroperitoneal fibrosis is best described as a chronic inflammatory process which may be idiopathic, but can rarely be brought about by medications, such as pergolide, used for treating Parkinson's disease.
Prokakis Christos +6 more
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Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: an update for nephrologists [PDF]
Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, 2021 Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is a rare condition characterized by the development of a peri-aortic and peri-iliac tissue showing chronic inflammatory infiltrates and pronounced fibrosis.
Raglianti, V, Vaglio, A
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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 +6 more
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Current approach to diagnosis and management of retroperitoneal fibrosis
International Journal of Urology, 2020 Retroperitoneal fibrosis is characterized by fibrotic lesions around the abdominal aorta and common ileac artery causing ureteral obstruction. Secondary retroperitoneal fibrosis is associated with malignant disease, drugs, exposure to radiation and ...
Toshiaki Tanaka, Naoya Masumori
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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 +4 more
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A case of giant retroperitoneal lymphangioma and IgG4-positive fibrosis: Causality or coincidence? [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021 Several chronic inflammatory diseases have been found to be a subtype of IgG4-related disease, all of which have a typical clinical and histological change, which is based in particular on an overexpression of IgG4 and subsequent fibrosis.
Kim Rouven Liedtke +4 more
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Clinical characteristics of IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis versus idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. [PDF]
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 +10 more
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Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis with endometrial cancer: a case report and literature review [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2022 Background Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease characterized by chronic nonspecific inflammation, which leads to clinical compression manifestations of retroperitoneal organs especially ureter.
Manfei Si +6 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 CancerIgG4‐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 +13 more
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IgG4‐related retroperitoneal fibrosis: a newly characterized disease
International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2016 Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare disease characterized by chronic, nonspecific inflammatory and sclerotic or fibrotic tissue in the periaortic or periiliac retroperitoneum that encases adjacent structures.
Linjuan Lian +2 more
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