Retroperitoneal fibrosis: A review of clinical features and imaging findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 423-431

  Cronin, Carmel G ^a   Lohan, Derek G ^a   Blake, Michael A ^b   Roche, Clare ^a   McCarthy, Peter ^a   Murphy, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Malignant retroperitoneal disease; Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ERGOTAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GALLIUM 67; HYDRALAZINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLDOPA; METHYSERGIDE; PERGOLIDE; PHENACETIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PERISTALSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 49149084339     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3629     Document Type: Review

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