RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS LEADING TO EXTRAHEPATIC PORTAL-VEIN OBSTRUCTION

Authors
GATANAGA H OHNISHI S MIURA H KITA H MATSUHASHI N KODAMA T MINAMI M OKUDAIRA T IMAWARI M YAZAKI Y
Citation
H. Gatanaga et al., RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS LEADING TO EXTRAHEPATIC PORTAL-VEIN OBSTRUCTION, Internal medicine, 33(6), 1994, pp. 346-350
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
33
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
346 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1994)33:6<346:RFLTEP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A very rare case of highly probable retroperitoneal fibrosis leading t o extrahepatic portal obstruction is described. The patient was a 44-y ear-old woman with right pleural effusion and splenomegaly. Computed t omography indicated a large accumulation of soft tissues in the retrop eritoneum, and abdominal angiography showed extensive portal obstructi on. A twenty-year-long abuse of analgesics is suspected to have caused the retroperitoneal fibrosis.