[Retroperitoneal fibrosis as the etiology for recent onset of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting--a rare and easily missed differential diagnosis].
Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease with unspecific symptomatic signs. Mortality rates are high with a 10-year mortality rate of 10 to 20%. We describe a case of a 55 year old woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis and discuss clinical findings, symptomatic signs, diagnosis, and treatment of this rare disease.
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I. Interne Abteilung mit Gastroenterologie, Rheumatologie und Endokrinologie, A.ö. Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern vom Hl. Kreuz, Grieskirchner Strasse 42, A-4600 Wels. johann.auer@khwels.at
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*