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• TITLE: Immunosuppressive therapy in idiopathic multifocal fibrosis. A case report

  AUTHORS: Damian Franzen, Hans-Georg Brochhagen, Effim Benenson

  KEYWORDS: Periaortitis; Multifocal Fibrosis; Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol.1 No.2, September 30, 2011

  ABSTRACT: Multifocal fibrosis is a rare condition occurring at any age and characterized by chronic inflammation, soft tissue proliferation and subsequent fibrosis of various vascular connective tissues. Following diagnosis in a 43-year accountant with multiple vascular lesions, the patients was treated successfully with azathioprine and steroids over a period of 3 years. Fatigue and sweating, serologic sign of inflammation and radiological imaging studies normalized completely. Twenty four months after termination of therapy, there were no clinical or serologic signs of relapse.