[Thoracic peri-aortic fibrosis and Ormond disease].
Two cases of thoracic periaortal fibrosis as a manifestation of retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond's disease) are shown on CT and MRI. Thoracic periaortal fibrosis can result in an inflammatory aneurysmo with chronic dissection. Manifestation of thoracic periaortal fibrosis may typically occur intermittently over decades.
Kacl
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Departement Medizinische Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
Bino
M
M
Salomon
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Risti
B
B
Marincek
B
B
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed