نتایج جستجو برای: retroperitoneal fibrosis

تعداد نتایج: 118254  

Journal: :East African medical journal 2008
N Twahirwa J Rees

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is an uncommon entity described as progressive proliferation of connective tissues leading to a fibrous plaque-like lesions that encases the aorta and inferior vena cava inferior to the level of the renal arteries. Mass forming retroperitoneal fibrosis is rare. We present a rare case of a unilateral focal retroperitoneal mass simulating a tumour encasin...

2013
Majid Shirani Azadeh Davoudian Abolghasem Sharifi

INTRODUCTION Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease. It can be primary (Ormond's disease) or secondary to inflammation, malignancy or some drugs. Beta-adrenergic blockers including propranolol can cause the retroperitoneal fibrosis disease. CASE A 44-year-old woman who was taking propranolol for 13 years came to our center with complaints of oliguria and uremia symptoms (malaise, nausea a...

Journal: :Thorax 1983
B G Taal E L Spierings C Hilvering

Retroperitoneal, pleuropulmonary, and endocardial fibroses are relatively uncommon but serious side effects of the prophylactic antimigraine drug methysergide.1 2 Ergotamine is a potent drug in the treatment of the migraine attack, and is chemically related to methysergide. Retroperitoneal fibrosis has been reported in ergotamine users3-' and recently the occurrence of pleuropulmonary fibrosis ...

2017
Adnan Ur Rahman Rajeswari Ramaraj Emyr Humphreys Elizabeth Slowinska

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare condition characterized by chronic inflammation and marked fibrosis of the retroperitoneal tissue, often leading to entrapment of abdominal organs. We report a 69-year-old white man who presented with a 5-week history of gradual onset of progressive abdominal distension. He had no history or risk factors for an underlying liver condition. Ascites and a retrope...

2011
Joanna Zielonko Łukasz Obołończyk

BACKGROUND Retroperitoneal fibrosis or Ormond's disease is an uncommon process characterized by fibrous tissue proliferation in the retroperitoneum, usually involving the aorta, inferior vena cava and iliac vessels. Obstructive hydronephrosis is often observed due to ureteral entrapment. This report presents a case of the peripancreatic location of the disease. The role of CT and MRI in establi...

2005
P. Katsinelos K. Christodoulou I. Pilpilidis A. Papagiannis Maria Kalomenopoulou Daphni Katsiba A. Tarpagos I. Katsos N. Evgenidis

The association of idiopathic achalasia with ankylosing spondylitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis, to our knowledge not previously reported, is described in a 54 year old woman. We suggest that the consecutive occurrence of ankylosing spondylitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis, two well-known autoimmune disorders, before the presence of achalasia, reinforces the theory of autoimmunity in etiopatho...

Journal: :Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica 2002
Yasushi Tanuma Akifumi Yokoo

A 53-year-old female was hospitalized for evaluation of swelling in the bilateral lower extremities. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen revealed bilateral hydronephrosis and features consistent with retroperitoneal fibrosis. Transfemoral venography and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed thrombosis of both the left common iliac vein and inferior vena cava, and filling of num...

2010
George M Yousef Manal Y Gabril Sahar Al-Haddad Anna Marie Mulligan R John Honey

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. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 59-year-old Caucasian-Canadian woman with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast presenting with retroperitoneal fibros...

Journal: :Postgraduate medical journal 1997
L Frankart F Lorge J Donckier

Retroperitoneal fibrosis, either idiopathic or associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, is a chronic fibrotic disease that causes progressive obstruction of ureters and vessels around the lower abdominal aorta. Treatment is often difficult (surgery) or hazardous (steroids). We report a case of a woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, who was succe...

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