[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.
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*