Periarticular fibrosis associated with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.

  • 1 September 1988
    • journal article
    • case report
    • Vol. 15  (9) , 1443-6
Abstract
We describe a previously unreported association of retroperitoneal fibrosis with biopsy proven periarticular inflammatory fibrosis. Histologic features were strikingly similar at the 2 sites. Plasma levels of a platelet derived growth factor, connective tissue activating peptide III, were found to be elevated and may play a role in pathogenesis. A dramatic response of the periarticular process to corticosteroids correlated with improvement of other variables of disease activity.

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