Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Rare Cause of Acute Renal Failure

Table 2

Main association between retroperitoneal fibrosis and autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. Adapted from [6].

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Autoimmune thyroid disease

 Hashimoto thyroiditis

 Reidel’s thyroiditis

 Graves’s disease

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Small and medium-sized vessel vasculitis

 Wegener’s granulomatosis

 Polyarteritis nodosa

 Microscopic polyangiitis

 Hepatitis c virus-related cryoglobulinemia

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Glomerulonephritis

 ANCA-positive rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

 Membranous nephropathy

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Ankylosing spondylitis

 Systemic lupus erythematosus

 Rheumatoid arthritis

 Sclerosing cholangitis

 Uveitis

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