Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: Clinicopathologic features and differential diagnosis

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 742-753

  Corradi, D ^a   Maestri, R ^a   Palmisano, A ^a   Bosio, S ^a   Greco, P ^a   Manenti, L ^b   Ferretti, S ^c   Cobelli, R ^d   Moroni, G ^e   Dei Tos, A P ^f   Buzio, C ^a   Vaglio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Desenzano del Garda   (Italy)

^c Maggiore Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^f Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Fibrosis; Histopathology; Inflammation; Obstructive uropathy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MESENTERITIS; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548474050     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002427     Document Type: Article

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