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Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis A Long‐Term Review after Surgical Treatment

Graeme Cooksey, Philip H. Powell, Manmeet Singh, W. Keith Yeates

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Eighteen patients who received surgical treatment for histologically proven idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis were reviewed retrospectively. In 6 patients, obstruction of one ureter recurred. In 3, histological evidence of invasion of the wall of the ureters by the fibrous plaque was found.

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Eighteen patients who received surgical treatment for histologically proven idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis were reviewed retrospectively. In 6 patients, obstruction of one ureter recurred. In 3, histological evidence of invasion of the wall of the ureters by the fibrous plaque was found.

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Eighteen patients who received surgical treatment for histologically proven idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis were reviewed retrospectively. In 6 patients, obstruction of one ureter recurred. In 3, histological evidence of invasion of the wall of the ureters by the fibrous plaque was found.

Key concepts: Medicine, Retroperitoneal fibrosis, Ureter, Fibrosis, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology

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