Tamoxifen for retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Frankart, L; Lorge, F; Donckier, J · Postgrad Med J · 1997

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Retroperitoneal fibrosis, either idiopathic or associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, is a chronic fibrotic disease that causes progressive obstruction of ureters and vessels around the lower abdominal aorta. Treatment is often difficult (surgery) or hazardous (steroids). We report a case of a woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, who was successfully treated with oral tamoxifen.

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