General Internal Medicine

Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Questions discussed in this category

How would you approach management of retroperitoneal fibrosis causing ureteral compression that has already caused irreversible loss of kidney function?

Renal perfusion scan shows 14 % perfusion on affected side.

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How long do you treat retroperitoneal fibrosis with immunosuppression?

What imaging do you use to monitor disease activity? Imaging only shows chronic, fibrotic lesions making it hard to assess disease activity.

1 Answer available

What is your treatment algorithm for management of retroperitoneal fibrosis that does not respond to high-dose glucocorticoids?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Medicine (Baltimore), 2018 Oct

Rituximab for idiopathic and IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis.

BMC Rheumatol, 2020

Use of rituximab in idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.

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