This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – rectal cancer Colorectal carcinomas usually occur as a transformation within adenomatous polyps. Percutaneous sonography of the abdomen is usually performed as an exploratory examination of the abdomen (liver, ascites, gallstones) and also…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – cystadenoma and teratoma of the ovary Cystadenomas are benign epithelial tumors that grow like glands and form cysts. Mature teratomas of the ovary are benign neoplasms from various cotyledons and can exhibit different phenotypes. Cystadenomas often…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Osteoporosis How patients benefit most from osteoporosis therapeutics Osteoporosis therapeutics have been proven to be effective in reducing the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures. Ideally, they should be used as part of a multimodal therapy and tailored…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Casuistry SLE with kidney damage does not always have to be lupus nephritis The distinction between IgA nephropathy and lupus nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has important prognostic and therapeutic implications. Physicians from China describe a case of systemic lupus…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Podiatry support to improve quality of life Patient mobility with a foot wound Podiatrists are therapists who are specially trained in foot and leg therapy and whose area of responsibility extends from preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative treatment to the fields of dermatology, diabetology,… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Ovarian cysts Ovarian cysts are cavities filled with fluid or tissue in the ovaries. They occur in women of all ages, but are particularly common during hormonal fluctuations. If large ovarian cysts…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Rare and genetic skin diseases “Think out of the box” Rare diseases in Switzerland are defined by a prevalence of less than 1:2000**. There are over 1000 recognized rare skin diseases in dermatology. The “RareSkinCH” network connects reference centers and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Muckle-Wells syndrome This rare autoinflammatory syndrome, caused by a genetic mutation, was first described in 1962 by the English doctors Thomas James Muckle and Michael Vernon Wells. Muckle-Wells syndrome is one of…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Pulmonary complaints – dyspnea The spectrum of possible causes of dyspnea is broad. In addition to X-ray imaging in two planes, high-resolution computed tomography (HR-CT) and angio-CT are imaging procedures available for diagnostic localization,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Case Report Successful treatment of an acute GPP flare-up Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a neutrophilic, inflammatory skin disease with a potentially life-threatening course. Recent findings on immunopathogenesis indicate that the group of interleukin (IL)-36 cytokines are central drivers…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Severe asthma and psoriasis Biologics combination leads to success Biologics are now established treatment options, particularly for severe courses of the disease. However, there is little data on the the efficacy and safety of simultaneous administration of several biologics…
