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| Alternative Names:
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| Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis; Ormond's disease |
| Symptoms:
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Early symptoms:
- dull pain in the abdomen which increases with time
- swelling of one leg
- decreased circulation in the legs leading to pain and discoloration
- severe abdominal pain with hemorrhage due to ischemic bowel
Later symptoms:
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urine output, decreased
- total lack of urine (anuria)
- nausea, vomiting, changes in thinking caused by kidney failure and the resulting build up of toxic chemicals in the blood.
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| Signs and tests:
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- elevations in serum BUN and creatinine
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kidney ultrasound may show hydronephrosis (distention of the kidney pelvis because of fluid accumulation) and a mass
- excretory urography may show compression and deviation of the ureters
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abdominal CT scan is the best test to reveal the retroperitoneal mass
- MRI offers comparable results to the CT scan
- biopsy to differentiate between retroperitoneal fibrosis and a cancerous tumor
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