Chronic periaortitis with retroperitoneal fibrosis successfully treated with first line tocilizumab monotherapy: a case report

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Mar-Apr;35 Suppl 103(1):226-227. Epub 2017 Apr 20.

Authors

Fabio Massimo Perrotta¹, Michelangelo Fici², Germano Guerra¹, Luca Brunese¹, Carlo Salvarani³, Ennio Lubrano⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute 'Vincenzo Tiberio', Università degli studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
² Unità di Radiologia, Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli, Campobasso, Italy.
³ Azienda Ospedaliera-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute 'Vincenzo Tiberio', Università degli studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy. [email protected].

PMID: 28466807

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Male
Positron-Emission Tomography
Remission Induction
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / drug therapy*
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / immunology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Immunosuppressive Agents
tocilizumab