MULTIFOCAL IDIOPATHIC FIBROSCLEROSIS - 2 CASES WITH SIMULTANEOUS OCCURRENCE OF RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS AND RIEDELS THYROIDITIS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 208  (1-2) , 119-123
Abstract
The concomitant occurrence of retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF) and Riedel''s thyroiditis is reported in 2 patients, 1 of whom presented with anuria. The etiology is discussed; immunological mechanisms with arteritis might be important. The associations between Riedel''s thyroiditis, RF, mediastinal fibrosis, sclerosing cholangitis, retroorbital fibrosis and fibrosis in other organ systems are possibly different manifestations of a so-called multifocal idiopathic fibrosclerosis. The benefical effect of glucocorticoids in early stages of the disease is mentioned.

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