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A case of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis is reported. The patient was a 63-year-old man with the complaint of right flank pain, general fatigue and weight loss. Intravenous pyelography revealed right hydronephrosis and peripelvic extravasation. Abdominal computed tomography showed subcapsular urinoma of the right kidney and mass lesion surrounding the aortic bifurcation. Retrograde pyelography demonstrated a narrow segment at the middle portion of the right ureter through which the ureteral catheter could be easily passed. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a low-intensity mass on T1 weighted images and a heterogeneous mass on T2 weighted images. Steroid therapy was selected under the diagnosis of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis with subcapsular urinoma of the right kidney. Prednisolone was administered for 60 days, resulting in the complete disappearance of the urinoma.
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PMID:[A case of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis with renal subcapsular urinoma resolved by steroid therapy]. 1036 44

The patient was a 49-year-old male with the chief complaint of right lower extremity edema. Ultrasonography showed a right hydronephrosis and a thickening of the right side of bladder wall. No bladder tumor was found by cystoscopy. The right renal pelvis and ureter were not visualized by drip infusion pyelography (DIP). Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a soft tissue mass surrounding the bilateral common iliac artery and extending to thickened bladder wall. After the echo-guided needle biopsy, steroid therapy was performed under the diagnosis of the idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. Prednisolone was administered for 10 weeks, resulting in the complete disappearance of thickening of the bladder wall.
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PMID:[A case of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis with a marked thickening of the urinary bladder wall]. 1523 87