Abstract
Abstract
Italian
— The etiology of retroperitoneal fibrosis has still not been clarified. We report our experence in support of the periaortitis hypothesis. Atherosclerosis of the aorta and Plaque rupture lead to liberation of the ceroid, through the awentitia into the periaortic tissue. This results in a chronic inflammatory process.
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