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CT and MR imaging in the evaluation of retroperitoneal fibrosis
S A Mulligan1, H C Holley, R E Koehler
1Department of Radiology, University of Alabama, School of Medicine, Birmingham.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
We have performed CT and MR on five patients with biopsy proven retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF). Magnetic resonance (MR) accurately displayed a retroperitoneal mass of low signal intensity on T1-weighted scans and of heterogeneous medium signal intensity on T2-weighted scans. The coronal MR views demonstrated a retroperitoneal mass: the shape, signal intensity, and effects on the ureters and major vessels appear characteristic of RPF.