Multifocal fibrosclerosis: Retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with a suprasellar tumor and pachymeningitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1006-1010

  Fukuda, Wataru ^a   Kimura, Mizuho ^a   Akaogi, Teruaki ^a   Sako, Masami ^a   Ohiwa, Kaiyo ^a   Yamamoto, Yasumasa ^a   Kato, Genichi ^a   Hayashi, Hideo ^a   Yoshikawa, Toshikazu ^b  

^a KYOTO SECOND RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic periaortitis; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Magnetic resonance image; Multifocal fibrosclerosis; Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIFOCAL FIBROSCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0242522112     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1006     Document Type: Article

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