The Reponse of Idiopathic Retproperitoneal Fibrosis to Corticosteroids

Mitchinson, M. J.; Withycombe, J. R. R.; Jones, R A

doi:10.1111/j.1464-410x.1971.tb12066.x

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“…In addition some patients may present too ill to with stand open bilateral ureterolysis. For these reasons and for all patients with retroperitoneal peritoneal fibrosis the use of steroids gave good results [18][19][20] . The duration of steroids is suggested to be between six months to two years.…”

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Ormond's disease – case report

Ibnouf¹,

Gadour²

2006

Sud Jnl Med Sci.

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Retroperitonel fibrosis is a rare disease that occasionally faces the general surgeon as a case of retroperitoneal tumour. Ureteric stenting may succeed in relieving urinary obstruction, however, these stents are only for temporal use. For this reason and to exclude presence of retroperitoneal tumours, surgical ureterolysis remains the corner stone for saving the kidneys from the ultimate fate of renal failure. Steroids are of help when added to the surgical therapy. Recently tamoxifen was reported to be the treatment of choice in primary retroperitoneal fibrosis. Here, we describe the management of 2 cases of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis one in a police officer with diabetes mellitus and the other in a housewife.

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confidence: 99%