Case Report

Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Secondary to Spondylodiscitis After Infection with Prevotella

CARINE SALLIOT, FRÉDÉRIC LAVIE, ALEXANDRE AZRIA, DIDIER CLERC, ANNE MIQUEL, and XAVIER MARIETTE

ABSTRACT.

We report a case of severe retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) secondary to lumbar spondylodiscitis caused by infection with Prevotella resolving after antibiotic therapy. Infection is an unusual cause of RPF, and infection in such cases with this anaerobic bacterium has never been described. (J Rheumatol 2005;32:957-8)

Key Indexing Terms:

RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS
SPONDYLODISCITIS
PREVOTELLA

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From the Departments of Rheumatology and Radiology, Hospital Bicêtre, Paris XI University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

C. Salliot, MD, Rheumatologist; F. Lavie, MD, Rheumatologist; A. Azria, MD, Rheumatologist; D. Clerc, MD, Rheumatologist; A. Miquel, MD, Radiologist; X. Mariette, MD, PhD, Rheumatologist.

Address reprint requests to Pr. X. Mariette, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

Accepted December 1, 2004.

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