Diffuse abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting due to retroperitoneal fibrosis - a rare but often missed diagnosis.

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease with unspecific symptomatic sign s. Mortality rates are high with a 10-year mortality rate of 10 to 20%. We describe a case of a 55 year old woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis and di scuss clinical findings, symptomatic signs, diagnosis, and treatment of thi s rare disease.