Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Simulating Renal Malignancy

Tripodi, Sergio; Mattei, F; GIOVANNELLI, V.; Forzini, L; Cintorino, M

doi:10.1097/00005392-199812010-00054

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“…RPF has an inciting agent in one‐third of the cases, while the remaining two‐thirds have no known cause 2 . RPF mimicking renal malignancy has been reported 3 . There has been only one reported case of renal infiltration reported by Paull et al .…”

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Combined surgical intervention and medical management in a case of atypical idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis

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Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is one of the causes of obstructive uropathy. This disease, ever since its original description in 1948, has undergone much trial and error in its management. We present a case of a rare type of idiopathic RPF causing obstructive uropathy, which is perirenal and different from the classical RPF seen around the great vessels. To our knowledge, such a type of RPF has not been described. We treated the patient by a combined surgical approach in the form of ureterolysis and omentoplasty, followed by medical management with steroids and tamoxifen. The combined regimen yielded excellent results, and the patient is doing well at 9 months of follow up. The rarity of the presentation, with predominant bilateral perirenal fibrosis, and response of perirenal RPF to steroids and tamoxifen, is highlighted in this case presentation.

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Combined surgical intervention and medical management in a case of atypical idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis

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“…A few cases of RF simulating renal malignancy [1,2] have been described in the literature and other cases where RF is associated with a malignancy, urological [3][4][5] or not [6,7]. To our knowledge there is no description of RF simulating local relapse of renal cell carcinoma.…”

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