Childhood retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Retroperitoneal fibrosis is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of ureteral obstruction in children even when clinical presentation and radiologic findings are typical. In a 12-year-old boy admitted with a 2-week history of flank pain computed tomography showed an enhancing mass obstructing the left ureter. Pathologic examination of the mass and adjacent segment of ureter revealed retroperitoneal fibrosis.
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Department of Radiology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York.
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology