Mulligan S A, Holley H C, Koehler R E, Koslin D B, Rubin E, Berland L L, Kenney P J
Department of Radiology, University of Alabama, School of Medicine, Birmingham.
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1989 Mar-Apr;13(2):277-81. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198903000-00018.
We have performed CT and MR on five patients with biopsy proven retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF). Magnetic resonance (MR) accurately displayed a retroperitoneal mass of low signal intensity on T1-weighted scans and of heterogeneous medium signal intensity on T2-weighted scans. The coronal MR views demonstrated a retroperitoneal mass: the shape, signal intensity, and effects on the ureters and major vessels appear characteristic of RPF.
