Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Rare Cause of Acute Renal Failure

Table 1

Major causes of secondary retroperitoneal fibrosis Adapted from [6].

Examples
Drugs	Methysergide, pergolide, bromocriptine, ergotamine, methyldopa, hydralazine, analgesics, beta blockers
Malignant diseases	Carcinoid, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, sarcomas, carcinomas of the colon, prostate, breast, stomach
Infections	Tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, actinomycosis
Others	Histiocytoses, Erdheim-Chester disease, amyloidosis, trauma, barium enema