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Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis is an uncommon disease, characterized by the replacement of normal retroperitoneal tissue with fibrosis and/or chronic inflammation. In two thirds of the cases retroperitoneal fibrosis is idiopathic (IRF), whereas in the remaining ones it is secondary/associated to cancer, infections, drugs, autoimmune disease and vasculitis. IRF appears as a dense, fibrous plaque that ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Urological Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1879-5226
DOI: 10.1016/j.urols.2013.08.007