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. 1997 Oct;73(864):653–654. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.864.653

Tamoxifen for retroperitoneal fibrosis.

L Frankart 1, F Lorge 1, J Donckier 1
PMCID: PMC2431468  PMID: 9497980

Abstract

Retroperitoneal fibrosis, either idiopathic or associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, is a chronic fibrotic disease that causes progressive obstruction of ureters and vessels around the lower abdominal aorta. Treatment is often difficult (surgery) or hazardous (steroids). We report a case of a woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, who was successfully treated with oral tamoxifen.

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