title: [Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: report of 4 cases].
abstract: We report 4 cases of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF). Two cases were demonstrated by surgical biopsy, and in one of them ureterolysis was performed at the same time. After pathological diagnosis, these two patients were treated by steroid therapy. The other two patients were suspected to have acute renal failure due to IRF, and they were treated by nephrostomy or by double-J ureteral stent. In one of them retroperitoneal fibrous tissue had almost disappeared on CT examination. None of these 4 patients have had recurrence of IRF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Gunma University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy