A rare case of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis involving obstruction of the mesenteric arteries, duodenum, common bile duct, and inferior vena cava

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 812-817

  Tamura, Satoru ^a   Yokoyama, Yuichi ^a   Nakajo, Kazuo ^a   Morita, Tomoko ^a   Wada, Kayoko ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duodenal obstruction; Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis; Painless diarrhea; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 0141892841     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.812     Document Type: Article

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