title: Coronary artery involvement in idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: computed tomographic findings.
abstract: We describe 2 patients with perivascular low-attenuation soft tissue and inflammatory changes surrounding the coronary arteries in the clinical setting of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. Neither patient had inducible ischemia on cardiac stress testing. The coronary arteries present an additional site of interest as connections between sclerosing diseases--including retroperitoneal fibrosis, fibrosing mediastinitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, sclerosing cholangitis, and other entities--continue to emerge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5030, USA. kmaturen@umich.edu
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Maturen
authors.forename: Baskaran
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Marder
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Swartz
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers