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This article sheds light on the role of radiological imaging in retroperitoneal fibrosis, names various differential diagnoses and provides an overview of drug and surgical treatment options.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Methods\u2002A literature search for the keywords \u201cretroperitoneal fibrosis\u201d and \u201cOrmond\u2019s disease\u201d was carried out in the PubMed database between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2019 (n\u200a=\u200a1806). Mainly original papers were selected, but also reviews, in English and German language, with a focus on publications in the last 10 years, without excluding older publications that the authors believe are relevant to the topic discussed in the review (n\u200a=\u200a40).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results and Conclusion\u2002Ormond\u2019s disease is a rare but important differential diagnosis for nonspecific back and flank pain. Imaging diagnostics using CT or MRI show a retroperitoneal mass, which must be differentiated from lymphoma, sarcoma, multiple myeloma and Erdheim-Chester disease. Patients have an excellent prognosis under adequate therapy. FDG-PET\/CT or FDG-PET\/MRT should be considered as potential modalities, as hybrid imaging can evaluate both the morphological changes and the inflammation.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Key Points:\u2002<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Citation Format\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-1181-9205","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,22]],"date-time":"2020-07-22T23:13:09Z","timestamp":1595459589000},"page":"929-936","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Retroperitoneal Fibrosis and its Differential Diagnoses: The Role of Radiological Imaging"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"192","author":[{"given":"Felix","family":"Peisen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wolfgang Maximilian","family":"Thaiss","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kaspar","family":"Ekert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marius","family":"Horger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bastian","family":"Amend","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jens","family":"Bedke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Konstantin","family":"Nikolaou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sascha","family":"Kaufmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"241","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(06)68035-5","article-title":"Retroperitoneal fibrosis","volume":"367","author":"A Vaglio","year":"2006","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"265","DOI":"10.1024\/0040-5930.65.5.265","article-title":"Retroperitoneal fibrosis, M. 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