title: Retroperitoneal fibrosis as host response to papillary renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: A case of papillary renal cell carcinoma associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis is described. This type of fibrosis has not been previously reported to be associated with renal cell carcinoma. The case is of additional interest in that it implicates an immune phenomenon in the pathogenesis of the fibrosis, involving both putative tumor antigens and antigens associated with tumor growth but unrelated to tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, State University of New York, Stoney Brook.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Fromowitz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm