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11828729

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
A 70-year-old man was diagnosed as having retroperitoneal fibrosis 12 years ago. The patient was admitted to our hospital with complaints of fever and left chest pain. On admission, chest radiography revealed left pleural effusion and left pleural thickening. Percutaneous pleural biopsy was performed, and the pleural tissue gave a chronic inflammatory reaction characterized by proliferation of collagen fibers and chronic inflammatory cellular infiltration. Since the retroperitoneal fibrosis had been diagnosed in similar tissue, it was considered that this condition had extended to the pleura. On administration of prednisolone, the intrathoracic lesions and clinical symptoms were improved, but the patient later died of pneumonia. Autopsy showed fibrous pleuritis and chronic fibrosing lung disease. This was an extremely rare case. Prednisolone appears to be useful in the treatment of intrathoracic extension of retroperitoneal fibrosis.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
748-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of intrathoracic extension of retroperitoneal fibrosis].
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University, School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchikamimachi, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports