Retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with propranolol: a case report; is corticosteroid administration necessary after ureterolysis? [PDF]
, 2013 INTRODUCTION Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease. It can be primary (Ormond's disease) or secondary to inflammation, malignancy or some drugs.
Davoudian, Azadeh. +2 more
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Pelvic floor disorders in gynecological malignancies. An overlooked problem? [PDF]
, 2018 Cervical, endometrial, ovarian, vulvar, and vaginal cancers affect women of a broad age spectrum. Many of these women are still sexually active when their cancer is diagnosed.
Bodean, Oana M. +7 more
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis and scleroderma [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1980 Abstract The association of retroperitoneal fibrosis and systemic sclerosis is reported from a patient positive for the HLA-B27 antigen. This appears to be the first report of such an association. Pathological features common to the 2 syndromes are discussed and the literature is reviewed.
M A, Mansell, R W, Watts
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis: a case of a patient (63y/o) treated with low-dose methotrexate (MTX) and 6-methylprednisolone (6-MP) [PDF]
, 2018 Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), is a rare fibroinflammatory disease. The pathogenesis of RPF is still unclear and numerous theories have been reported such as environmental factors, immunologic process, genetic component, local inflammation and advanced
A. Santoro +6 more
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IgG4- related disease: an orphan disease with many faces [PDF]
, 2014 Immunoglobulin G4- related disease (IgG4-RD) is a rare systemic fibro-inflammatory disorder (ORPHA284264). Although patients have been described more than 100 years ago, the systemic nature of this disease has been recognized in the 21(st) century only ...
Adelheid Wöhrer +5 more
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Fascia, Eh. What Is It? What Is It Good for?
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Opinions on the meaning of the term fascia appear to have been diverging for the past quarter century. In 1998, the definition of fascia in the international standard anatomical nomenclature was narrowed by removing the term fascia superficialis.
Paul E. Neumann +10 more
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Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis with endometrial cancer: a case report and literature review
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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Wegener’s granulomatosis and retroperitoneal fibrosis: a case report and review of the literature
Italian Journal of Medicine, 2019 Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), also known as Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG), is a rare systemic auto-inflammatory disease characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated small vessel ...
Lia Salvati +5 more
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Extra-gonadal germ cell tumour – what about the testis! [PDF]
, 2011 Extra-gonadal germ cell tumours (EGGCT) are rare. Therefore further investigations of the testis is aimed at sourcing a possible primary origin of gonadal tumour. Over the years, various case series on EGGCT have been reported questioning its true nature
Christopher CKH, +5 more
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Thoracic, abdominal and musculoskeletal involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease: CT, MR and PET imaging findings. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with characteristic radiological and histological features. This entity is defined by a mononuclear infiltrate consisting of lipid-laden, foamy histiocytes that stain
Antunes, C, Donato, P, Graça, B
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