A rare cause of acute post renal failure: Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Abstract

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is an inflammatory process which may cause acute renal failure. In patients who admitted to emergency services with obstructive uropathy, retroperitoneal fibrosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis. We present our ten cases who admitted to emergency department with obstructive acute renal failure related to retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Keywords

• Retroperitoneal fibrosis
• Postrenal acute renal failure
• Obstructive uropathy