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MeSH Heading: Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Tree Number(s): C23.550.355.700
Unique ID: D012185
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012185
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Fibrosis, Inflammatory Perianeurysmal; Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal Inflammatory; Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis; Inflammatory Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal; Inflammatory Perianeurysmal Fibrosis; Ormond Disease; Ormond's Disease; Perianeurysmal Fibrosis, Inflammatory; Perianeurysmal Inflammatory Fibrosis; Periaortitis, Chronic
NLM Classification #: WI 575
Public MeSH Note: 66; for ORMOND DISEASE see ORMOND'S DISEASE 1966-97
History Note: 66(64)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0018974
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Preferred Term
Term UI T036266
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Ormond Disease
Term UI T036265
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Ormond's Disease
Term UI T036264
Date02/18/1997
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Term UI T768282
Date03/31/2010
LexicalTag NON
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