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Multiple cerebral lesions as the unique complication of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. 2015

Takashi Tani, and Chikara Ishihara, and Tomohiro Kaneko, and Syuichi Tsuruoka, and Yasuhiko Iino
Department of Nephrology, Nippon Medical School , Tokyo , Japan.

We present a case of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) complicated by severe renal failure and multiple intracranial lesions, which are probable results of cerebral vasculitis. IRF is an idiopathic hyperplasia of the retroperitoneal tissue that often entraps the ureters and causes post-renal failure. While the etiology of IRF is unclear, researchers consider IRF a systemic autoimmune disease complicated by immune-mediated vasculitides. The chief complaints of the patient were cognitive disorders, and brain MRI findings revealed multiple intracranial lesions with accompanying central degeneration. Given that vasogenic cerebral edemas derive from uremia, we speculated that the lesions in our case were related to more destructive changes such as aortic and periaortic inflammation. Details on this case manifesting rare cerebrovascular complications may help elucidate the pathogenesis of IRF.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002540 Cerebral Cortex The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions. Allocortex,Archipallium,Cortex Cerebri,Cortical Plate,Paleocortex,Periallocortex,Allocortices,Archipalliums,Cerebral Cortices,Cortex Cerebrus,Cortex, Cerebral,Cortical Plates,Paleocortices,Periallocortices,Plate, Cortical
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012185 Retroperitoneal Fibrosis A slowly progressive condition of unknown etiology, characterized by deposition of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneal space compressing the ureters, great vessels, bile duct, and other structures. When associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm, it may be called chronic periaortitis or inflammatory perianeurysmal fibrosis. Ormond Disease,Perianeurysmal Fibrosis, Inflammatory,Periaortitis, Chronic,Fibrosis, Inflammatory Perianeurysmal,Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal Inflammatory,Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis,Inflammatory Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal,Inflammatory Perianeurysmal Fibrosis,Ormond's Disease,Perianeurysmal Inflammatory Fibrosis,Chronic Periaortitides,Chronic Periaortitis,Disease, Ormond,Disease, Ormond's,Fibroses, Retroperitoneal,Fibrosis, Retroperitoneal,Periaortitides, Chronic,Retroperitoneal Fibroses
D020293 Vasculitis, Central Nervous System Inflammation of blood vessels within the central nervous system. Primary vasculitis is usually caused by autoimmune or idiopathic factors, while secondary vasculitis is caused by existing disease process. Clinical manifestations are highly variable but include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; behavioral alterations; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; and BRAIN INFARCTION. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp856-61) Angiitis, Central Nervous System,Central Nervous System Vasculitis,Cerebral Angiitis,Cerebral Vasculitis,Granulomatous Angiitis,Postzoster Arteritis,Primary CNS Vasculitis,Secondary CNS Vasculitis,CNS Vasculitis,Central Nervous System Angiitis,Granulomatous Arteritis,Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis,Vasculitis, CNS, Secondary,Angiitis, Cerebral,Angiitis, Granulomatous,Arteritis, Granulomatous,Arteritis, Postzoster,CNS Vasculitis, Primary,CNS Vasculitis, Secondary,Vasculitis, CNS,Vasculitis, Cerebral,Vasculitis, Primary CNS,Vasculitis, Secondary CNS

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