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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Association of retroperitoneal fibrosis with malignancy and its outcomes. [PDF]
Arthritis Res Ther, 2021 Introduction Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is characterized by a highly fibrotic retroperitoneal mass and encompasses the idiopathic form and secondary to malignancies.
Lee SJ +4 more
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Acta Médica Costarricense, 2005 Se reporta el caso de una mujer de 61 años de edad, con antecedente de tuberculosis pélvica en la adolescencia, que se presentó con insuficiencia renal aguda y dolor lumbar y a quien se le diagnosticó fibrosis retroperitoneal.
Claudio Orlich-Castelán +1 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 +4 more
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Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis [PDF]
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2016 Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), reviewed herein, is a rare fibro-inflammatory disease that develops around the abdominal aorta and the iliac arteries, and spreads into the adjacent retroperitoneum, where it frequently causes ureteral obstruction and renal failure.
Vaglio A, Maritati F
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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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