"Retroperitoneal Fibrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A slowly progressive condition of unknown etiology, characterized by deposition of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneal space compressing the ureters, great vessels, bile duct, and other structures. When associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm, it may be called chronic periaortitis or inflammatory perianeurysmal fibrosis.
| Descriptor ID |
D012185
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.355.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Fibroses, Retroperitoneal
- Fibrosis, Retroperitoneal
- Retroperitoneal Fibroses
- Ormond's Disease
- Disease, Ormond's
- Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Ormond Disease
- Disease, Ormond
Periaortitis, Chronic- Periaortitis, Chronic
- Chronic Periaortitides
- Chronic Periaortitis
- Periaortitides, Chronic
- Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal Inflammatory
- Perianeurysmal Inflammatory Fibrosis
- Inflammatory Perianeurysmal Fibrosis
- Perianeurysmal Fibrosis, Inflammatory
- Fibrosis, Inflammatory Perianeurysmal
- Inflammatory Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retroperitoneal Fibrosis" by people in Profiles.
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Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm with retroperitoneal fibrosis. Circulation. 2014 Oct 07; 130(15):1300-2.
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All wrapped up and nowhere to flow. Am J Med. 2012 Sep; 125(9):876-9.
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Urologic complications of nonurologic medications. Urol Clin North Am. 2003 Feb; 30(1):123-31.
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis. A true connective tissue disease. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1996 Feb; 22(1):23-38.
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis. The forgotten connective tissue disease. N C Med J. 1989 Apr; 50(4):192-4.