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An idiopathic case of pediatric retroperitoneal fibrosis with extensive magnetic resonance imaging and follow-up

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Retroperitoneal fibrosis has seldom been described in the pediatric literature. We present a child who presented with retroperitoneal fibrosis without any associated underlying vascular or inflammatory conditions. This is one of only a few cases of primary idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis in a pediatric patient to have been imaged extensively by MRI.

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  1. School of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    Jeremy Egnatios

  2. Department of Radiology, University of California-San Diego Health Center, San Diego, CA, USA

    Cherng Chao & John Naheedy

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Egnatios, J., Chao, C. & Naheedy, J. An idiopathic case of pediatric retroperitoneal fibrosis with extensive magnetic resonance imaging and follow-up. Pediatr Radiol 44, 1323–1327 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-2976-2

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