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Chronic Salmonella Infection Induced Intestinal Fibrosis
Published on: September 22, 2019
Zinner's Syndrome and Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: An Unknown Association
Miguel Morante-Ruiz1, Fernando Tornero-Romero2, Carmelo Palacios-Miras3
1Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 24-year-old male presenting with obstructive renal failure, characterised by imaging evidence of a cystic lesion contingent upon the seminal vesicle and concurrent renal agenesis. Initial management involved urinary diversion, followed by outpatient monitoring and subsequent recurrence. Subsequent diagnostic assessments led to the identification of Zinner's syndrome, accompanied by retroperitoneal fibrosis. We present the clinical course, diagnostic methodology and the efficacious implementation of medical-surgical therapeutic interventions, yielding favourable outcomes.
Learning Points:
The value of the Internal Medicine team in the assessment of low prevalence diseases.The importance of multidisciplinary teams.Integration of the internists in the surgical teams.
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