title: [Computer tomography and retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond's disease) (author's transl)].
abstract: Four patients with retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond's disease) were examined by computer tomography; the appearances are described and the differential diagnosis discussed. Computer tomography clearly defines the proliferative-inflammatory process and together with conventional radiology, angiography and lymphangiography it permits a presumptive diagnosis of retroperitoneal fibrosis. The non-invasive nature of computer tomography makes it the method of choice for follow-up of this disease.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008220:Lymphography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D014567:Urography
vernacular_title: Computertomographie und retroperitoneale Fibrose (Morbus Ormond).