title: [A patient with a wide aorta and 2 wide kidney pelves: retroperitoneal fibrosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Interne Geneeskunde I, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam-Dijkzigt.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Gelder
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Smit
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Laméris
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Fieren
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schalekamp
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Een patiënt met een wijde aorta en twee wijde nierbekkens: retroperitoneale fibrose.