This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis CT-guided periradicular therapy (PRT) – a therapeutic digression. CT-guided PRT has become a recognized minimally invasive spine pain management procedure. It is an efficient, low-risk procedure with few side effects that can be performed on an outpatient basis.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Spine diagnostics Inflammatory muscular vertebral diseases Inflammatory myopathies may be idiopathic or pathogen-induced. It is also found concomitantly in collagenoses, granulomatoses, and malignant and paraneoplastic syndromes. Imaging diagnostics are primarily performed by magnetic resonance imaging, as…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Introduction spine diagnostics The spine is an essential part of the trunk skeleton. In the course of human life, it is exposed to permanent stress and in the different phases of life, image-morphologically…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Pollen allergy, insect venom allergy, and oral desensitizations in the 1960s and 1970s. A lot has happened since pollen desensitizations in the 1960s. A tour d’horizon of the most important medical historical highlights from several decades of allergology research and practice.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases Gastroesophageal reflux in family practice – What to do about residual symptoms? A 62-year-old patient with long-standing gastroesophageal reflux disease presents to the consultation. He reports that despite GERD therapy with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) at an adequate dosage (Pantozol 40…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases Connective tissue weakness as a signpost A 55-year-old patient complains of reflux symptomatology, but it is mainly manifested by atypical postprandial dyspnea with retrosternal pain accompanied by nausea.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Palpable mammary finding Attention: malicious! Mammography and sonography are two important procedures for the differential diagnosis of a mammary nodule detected by palpation. Digital tomosynthesis can further reduce the number of false results.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Palpable mammary finding How do you recognize benign changes? Benign breast lesions are extremely common. Mammography is predominantly used for imaging. An overview of classification and image-based diagnosis.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Spaghetti al pesto not only release happiness hormones The consumption of “Pesto alla Genovese” is not always enjoyable, as this article shows with a case study and the corresponding allergological analysis. Although pine nuts contain a large number…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases Case Puzzle Unclear dysphagia and upper abdominal discomfort – what to do? An 80-year-old patient with dysphagia and upper abdominal discomfort is evaluated radiologically. Diagnosis: paraesophageal gastric hernia. What therapy should the patient receive?
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis An interdisciplinary challenge Diagnoses cannot always be made with certainty after taking a medical history and performing clinical and laboratory examinations. Sometimes, further imaging clarification is required.
