[A patient with a wide aorta and 2 wide kidney pelves: retroperitoneal fibrosis].
The case is discussed of a patient with renal insufficiency due to severe stenosis of both ureters brought about by a periaortic inflammatory process. Such periaortitis is seen in severe atherosclerosis; the condition allegedly occurs in 5 to 23% of all patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The literature on this form of retroperitoneal fibrosis is reviewed.
van Gelder
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Afd. Interne Geneeskunde I, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam-Dijkzigt.
Blom
J H
JH
de Smit
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P
Laméris
J S
JS
Fieren
M W
MW
Schalekamp
M A
MA
D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
Een patiënt met een wijde aorta en twee wijde nierbekkens: retroperitoneale fibrose.