Ormond's disease

Introduction: Ormond's disease

Description of Ormond's disease

Ormond's disease (medical condition): A rare disorder involving the formation of a fibrous...more »

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Retroperitoneal fibrosis:
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  »Symptoms of Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Ormond's disease: A slowly progressive condition of unknown etiology, characterized by deposition of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneal space compressing the ureters, great vessels, bile duct, and other structures. When associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm, it may be called chronic periaortitis or inflammatory perianeurysmal fibrosis.
Source: Diseases Database

Ormond's disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Ormond's disease:

• Ormond
• Ormond disease
• Progressive
• Progressive symptoms
• Progressive disease
• Condition
• Etiology
• Fibrous
• Tissue

Ormond's disease: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ormond's disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Ormond's disease, or a subtype of Ormond's disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Ormond's disease as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Ormond's disease as a Disease

Ormond's disease: Another name for Retroperitoneal fibrosis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  »Symptoms of Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Ormond's disease: Related Diseases

Ormond's disease: Ormond's disease is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Abdominal conditions

Causes of Ormond's disease

Some of the causes of Ormond's disease are included in the list below:

• Bromocriptine
• Cabergoline
• Methysergide
• Piribedil
• Ropinirole

See full list of 8 causes of Ormond's disease (Retroperitoneal fibrosis)

Symptoms of Ormond's disease (Retroperitoneal fibrosis)

Some of the symptoms of Ormond's disease incude:

• Lower back pain
• Abdominal pain
• Reduced urination

Read more about symptoms of Ormond's disease (Retroperitoneal fibrosis)

Ormond's disease: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Ormond's disease:

• lower back pain
• deep vein thrombosis
• renal failure
• hypertension
• aortic aneurysm
• Riedel's thryoiditis

Terms associated with Ormond's disease:

Terms Similar to Ormond's disease:

• Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Source: Diseases Database

• Retroperitoneal fibrosis
• Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis

Source - NIH

External links related to: Ormond's disease

• retroperitoneal fibrosis
• eMedicine - Retroperitoneal Fibrosis : Article by Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCP, FRCR
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files

Source: Diseases Database

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