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Retroperitoneal fibrosis: some new acquisitions about pathogenesis and diagnostics
C Alberti1, P Sacchini, P Cortellini
1L.D. of Surgical Semeiotics, University of Parma.
Archivio Italiano Di Urologia, Nefrologia, Andrologia : Organo Ufficiale Dell'Associazione Per La Ricerca in Urologia = Urological, Nephrological, and Andrological Sciences
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Some newly proposed pathogenetic theories for retroperitoneal fibrosis refer to immune-related mechanisms; they are reviewed and discussed. In the field of imaging techniques, some MR paramagnetic contrast media, such as "ferrite" compounds and Gd-DTPA, and 67Ga-scintiscan, 111In-labelled leukocytes scan, 99mTc-labelled colloids contribute to answering the request to differentiate the still active cellulitis from an established fibrosis. 131I-MIGB scan identifies the carcinoid-related retroperitoneal fibrosis.