Disease relevance of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

• Eosinophil infiltration and/or extracellular MBP deposition were observed in 28 of the 34 specimens (82%) from patients with inflammatory fibrosis, including 11 of the 12 cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis, five of the seven cases of sclerosing mediastinitis, all four cases of sclerosing cholangitis, and 8 of the 11 cases of pulmonary fibrosis [1].
• A patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis and right peritracheal and hilar lymphadenopathy was studied using gallium-67-citrate [2].
• It is suggested that these observations support the hypothesis that chronic periaortitis has an auto-allergic cause and that the allergen may be a component of ceroid, which is elaborated within the atheroma [3].
• The differentiation of malignant and benign lesions when using FDG PET is then reviewed; false-positive findings may be obtained, for example, in patients with acute inflammatory lesions, chronic pancreatitis, retroperitoneal fibrosis or salivary gland tumours [4].
• Tamoxifen is effective in the treatment of desmoid tumors, and we report its use in two patients with retroperitoneal fibrosis with excellent results [5].

High impact information on Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

• Letter: Retroperitoneal fibrosis and methyldopa [6].
• Treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis by mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroids [7].
• Tamoxifen for retroperitoneal fibrosis [8].
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with timolol [9].
• Propranolol and retroperitoneal fibrosis [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

• Azathioprine. An alternative treatment for recurrent idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis [11].
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis and haloperidol [12].
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis which does not show gallium uptake is most likely mature, with few inflammatory elements [2].
• Gallium-67 imaging in retroperitoneal fibrosis: significance of a negative result [2].
• Steroid therapy for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: dose and duration [13].

Anatomical context of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

• On computerized tomography, retroperitoneal fibrosis demonstrated a characteristic soft tissue mass enveloping the abdominal aorta, inferior vena cava and ureters [14].
• The second patient presented with long-standing abdominal pain with retroperitoneal fibrosis, submandibular gland enlargement, and an enlarged pancreas with a localized mass, all of which improved significantly with 6 months of therapy with cyclosporine [15].

Gene context of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

• RESULTS: This double immunostaining method permitted simultaneous colocalisation of different markers on the same cell and could be used to identify HLA-DR positive cells as well as proliferation associated Ki-67 positive cells in human tonsil tissue and in chronic periaortitis associated with advanced atherosclerosis [16].
• MRSA psoas abscess after retroperitoneal fibrosis [17].
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis: an extraarticular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis [18].
• Four patients with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis were found to have characteristic obstruction and anterior displacement of the lumbar vena cava [19].
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and brief review [20].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

• Post-treatment residual tissue in idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: active residual disease or silent "scar" ? A study using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography [21].
• Western blotting after sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that in some patients with clinical chronic periaortitis, these antibodies were directed against breakdown products of apolipoprotein B that resulted from oxidation of low-density lipoprotein [22].

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