Combined mediastinal and retroperitoneal fibrosis.

An example of this rare combination of localized idiopathic fibrosis was reported by Morgan, Loughridge, and Calne (1966a). After much correspondence it was agreed that only 10 or 12 cases had appeared in the literature, two of which were diagnosed during life (Morgan et al., 1966b). The following case was diagnosed within a week of admission to hospital and the patient is still alive 14 months later.