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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Retroperitoneal fibrosis may reveal many diseases, including neoplasias. An 83-year-old man presented with an acute renal failure due to compressive retroperitoneal fibrosis. Clinically the only abnormal feature was a cutaneous subclavicular infiltrated lesion and laboratory features included hypereosinophilia, anemia and elevated acute phase reactants. A thoracic CT-scan showed pleuritis and para-esophageal lymph node and the 18FDG-PET-scan an hypermetabolism lesion of the oesophagus. Gastroscopy and colonoscopy found a gastric linitis, already multi-metastatic at diagnosis. The gastric linitis can present with many decepting clinical forms, increasing the risk of delayed diagnosis.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0248-8663
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
443-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
[From retroperitoneal fibrosis to gastric linitis].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de médecine interne, hôpital Saint-Louis, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France. luamrouche@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports