"Retroperitoneal Fibrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A slowly progressive condition of unknown etiology, characterized by deposition of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneal space compressing the ureters, great vessels, bile duct, and other structures. When associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm, it may be called chronic periaortitis or inflammatory perianeurysmal fibrosis.
| Descriptor ID |
D012185
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.355.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Fibroses, Retroperitoneal
- Fibrosis, Retroperitoneal
- Retroperitoneal Fibroses
- Ormond's Disease
- Disease, Ormond's
- Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Ormond Disease
- Disease, Ormond
Periaortitis, Chronic- Periaortitis, Chronic
- Chronic Periaortitides
- Chronic Periaortitis
- Periaortitides, Chronic
- Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal Inflammatory
- Perianeurysmal Inflammatory Fibrosis
- Inflammatory Perianeurysmal Fibrosis
- Perianeurysmal Fibrosis, Inflammatory
- Fibrosis, Inflammatory Perianeurysmal
- Inflammatory Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retroperitoneal Fibrosis" by people in Profiles.
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Lamoshi A, Rothstein DH, Ham PB, Khan A, Cheney R, Williot P, Twist C, Schaefer B. Retroperitoneal Sclerosing Lipogranuloma in an Adolescent With Congenital Atresia of the Inferior Vena Cava: Case Report and Literature Review. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 05 01; 43(4):e525-e528.
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Kunishita Y, Yoshimi R, Takeno M, Yamanaka S, Sugiyama Y, Tsuchida N, Kishimoto D, Kamiyama R, Minegishi K, Hama M, Kirino Y, Ishigatsubo Y, Ueda A, Nakajima H. Non-IgG4-related Multifocal Fibrosclerosis. Intern Med. 2016; 55(17):2497-502.
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Maturen KE, Sundaram B, Marder W, Swartz RD. Coronary artery involvement in idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: computed tomographic findings. J Thorac Imaging. 2012 Mar; 27(2):W35-7.
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Khezri A, Berman HL, Rosenstein ED, Kramer N. Spontaneous resolution of apparent radiation associated retroperitoneal fibrosis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2011 Dec; 17(8):436-8.
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Moussavian B, Horrow MM. Retroperitoneal fibrosis. Ultrasound Q. 2009 Jun; 25(2):89-91.
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Duchene DA, Winfield HN, Cadeddu JA, Clayman RV, Gomella LG, Kavoussi LR, Mikhail AA, Park S, Permpongkosol S, Shalhav AL. Multi-institutional survey of laparoscopic ureterolysis for retroperitoneal fibrosis. Urology. 2007 Jun; 69(6):1017-21.
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Brown JA, Garlitz CJ, Hubosky SG, Gomella LG. Hand-assisted laparoscopic ureterolysis to treat ureteral obstruction secondary to idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: assessment of a novel technique and initial series. Urology. 2006 Jul; 68(1):46-9.
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Dedeoglu F, Rose CD, Athreya BH, Conard K, Grissom L, Magnusson M. Successful treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis with tamoxifen in a child. J Rheumatol. 2001 Jul; 28(7):1693-5.
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Barrett RL, Horrow MM, Gubernick JA, Rosenberg HK. US case of the day. Retroperitoneal fibrosis with perirenal involvement. Radiographics. 1995 Jul; 15(4):1024-6.
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Jimenez SA. Other fibrosing syndromes. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 1989 Dec; 1(4):516-22.