Retroperitoneal fibrosis: a rare disease for frontline clinicians.

We report the case of a 65-year-old female presenting with a 6-month history of unexplained constitutional symptoms, weight loss and mild renal impairment. Abdominal imaging revealed bilateral ureteric obstruction due to retroperitoneal fibrosis and so she underwent urgent ureteric stent insertion. Subsequent treatment with oral corticosteroids led to resolution of her symptoms and regression of the retroperitoneal mass. PMID: 31188341 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - Category: General Medicine Tags: J R Coll Physicians Edinb Source Type: research