PEDIATRICS Vol. 30 No. 2 August 1962, pp. 225-232
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IDIOPATHIC RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS

Report of First Case Observed in a Child

John Farrer M.D.1 and Carl G. Peterson Jr. M.D., USAF (MC)1

1 The Urologic Service and Pediatrics Section, Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California; the Urology Section, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital, Los Angeles, California; and the Division of Urology, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

The first case of juvenile idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis is reported. The disease is a well-recognized entity characterized by nonspecific retroperitoneal inflammation and fibrosis of unknown etiology. Fibrotic involvement of the ureters frequently leads to hydronephrosis.