This content is machine translated Case reports: rare skin tumors Personalized treatment strategy for severe recurrent courses There is currently no established therapeutic approach for advanced or metastasized atypical fibroxanthoma. The case study described underlines the importance of individual treatment recommendations. The second case report presents clinical…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – retroperitoneal liposarcoma Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are often discovered as an incidental finding. The most common subtypes of sarcomas in the retroperitoneum are dedifferentiated liposarcomas, well-differentiated liposarcomas and leiomyosarcomas. Complete surgical resection is the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis in children Early and proactive therapy – case studies from the children’s hospital The psychosocial level plays an important role in the successful treatment of atopic dermatitis. With regard to anti-inflammatory treatment, addressing treatment anxiety is an important factor. Both topical corticosteroids and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond’s disease) Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare chronic inflammatory fibrosing disease of the posterior abdominal cavity. The CT or MRI abdomen shows a flat mass surrounding the large vessels and the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dysphagia – central cause Swallowing is a sensorimotor process with voluntary and reflexive components. In addition to neurological and muscular diseases, swallowing disorders can be caused by tumor or surgery-related changes in the head…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Brugada syndrome Brugada syndrome is an ion channel disorder in which there is an electrical disturbance of heart function without recognizable structural heart disease. This genetic heart rhythm disorder is associated with…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Case report: Disseminated strongyloidiasis Dwarf threadworm causes gastrointestinal pain Strongyloides stercoralis is a helminth that can parasitize humans and manifests itself through numerous symptoms. The course of the disease can be particularly severe in immunocompromised patients. A patient with…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Not all porphyria is the same This generic term covers molecular genetically extremely heterogeneous and predominantly hereditary metabolic diseases of heme biosynthesis, which are diagnosed and differentiated by specific biochemical patterns of porphyrins and porphyrin precursors…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Case report: Pityriasis lichenoides Special form of Mucha-Habermann’s disease in childhood The acute variant of pityriasis lichenoides is known as pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) alias Mucha-Habermann’s disease. Small blotchy papules form, particularly in the area of the trunk, which…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Case Report Acne – successful treatment with an individual therapy concept The first case study concerns a young woman with papulopustular acne for whom teledermatology treatment proved to be effective. After around a year of treatment, the patient is now largely…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Urocystolithiasis Typical pain symptoms or blood in the urine often indicate a stone disease. There are many possible causes. Imaging procedures such as sonography or computer tomography can be used to…
