 Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
"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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retroperitoneal Fibrosis" by people in Profiles.
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Day K, Nikolaidis P, Casalino DD. Retroperitoneal fibrosis. J Urol. 2012 Apr; 187(4):1440-1.
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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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Lucioni A, Orvieto MA, Chien GW, Sokoloff MH, Gerber GS, Shalhav AL. Laparoscopic diagnosis and management of perinephric adipose-containing lesions. J Endourol. 2006 Feb; 20(2):130-2.
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Oguz KK, Kiratli H, Oguz O, Cila A, Oto A, Gokoz A. Multifocal fibrosclerosis: a new case report and review of the literature. Eur Radiol. 2002 May; 12(5):1134-8.
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Bales GT, Gerber GS, Rukstalis DB. Laparoscopic post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal dissection of residual mass. Br J Urol. 1997 Aug; 80(2):349-50.
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Henry LG, Doust B, Korns ME, Bernhard VM. Abdominal aortic aneurysm and retroperitoneal fibrosis. Ultrasonographic diagnosis and treatment. Arch Surg. 1978 Dec; 113(12):1456-60.
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