CASE REPORT
Retroperitoneal space tumour misinterpreted as a renal colic attack in a patient with urolithiasis, a suspected IgG4-related disease
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Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital, Kraków, Poland
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University Hospital, Kraków, Poland
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Healthcare Complex Urology Department, Końskie, Poland
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Department of Clinical Radiology, University Clinical Hospital, Poznań, Poland
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South Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
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Department of Internal Medicine and Family Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
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Clinical Department of Nephrology with Dialysis Unit, Provincial Hospital, Kielce, Poland
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Łukasz Marek Gawlik
Ludwik Rydygier Specialist
Hospital, Złotej Jesieni 1, 31-826 Kraków, Poland
J Pre Clin Clin Res. 2024;18(2):114-117
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ABSTRACT
Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, also known as Ormond’s disease, can present as an IgG4-related disease involving
the deposition of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneal space. It is caused by chronic inflammation developing around the
abdominal aorta and common iliac arteries. The case report describes a patient hospitalised for complaints of low back
pain with positive Goldflam’s sign and hydronephrosis, whose abdominal CT scan showed a tumour in the retroperitoneal
space pressing on the ureter. Based on histopathological examination and laboratory tests, the patient was diagnosed
with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, most likely related to IgG4. After diagnosis, the patient was initially treated in the
urology department for urinary retention and then received treatment with glucocorticosteroids, according to the treatment
guidelines for IgG4-dependent disease.
FUNDING
Gawlik ŁM, Głuchowska M, Gregorczyk M, Rezaei A, Jagodowski P, Wróbel P. Retroperitoneal space tumour misinterpreted as a renal colic
attack in a patient with urolithiasis, a suspected IgG4-related disease. J Pre-Clin Clin Res. 2024; 18(2): 114–117. doi: 10.26444/jpccr/186476
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