{"id":234357,"date":"2026-03-31T18:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/retroperitoneal-fibrosis"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:08:30","slug":"retroperitoneal-fibrosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/retroperitoneal-fibrosis","title":{"rendered":"Retroperitoneal fibrosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/retroperitoneal-fibrosis2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare immune-mediated disease characterised by a periaortoiliac fibro-inflammatory tissue that often encases neighbouring structures (eg, ureters). Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis can be isolated or part of IgG4-related disease, whereas secondary forms recognise different aetiologies, such as histiocytosis, malignancies, and infections. Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis has a multifactorial origin, with genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors being main contributors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare immune-mediated disease characterised by a periaortoiliac fibro-inflammatory tissue that often encases neighbouring structures (eg, ureters). Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis can be isolated or part of IgG4-related disease, whereas secondary forms recognise different aetiologies, such as histiocytosis, malignancies, and infections. Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis has a multifactorial origin, with genetic, environmental, and lifestyle [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}