Tamoxifen for retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Retroperitoneal fibrosis, either idiopathic or associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, is a chronic fibrotic disease that causes progressive obstruction of ureters and vessels around the lower abdominal aorta. Treatment is often difficult (surgery) or hazardous (steroids). We report a case of a woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, who was successfully treated with oral tamoxifen.
Frankart
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Division of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, University Hospital UCL of Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Lorge
F
F
Donckier
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J
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications*; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D013629:Tamoxifen