This content is machine translated 31-year-old patient with new onset of neck pain on exertion Interdisciplinary approach to a chordoma of the craniocervical junction. Case description: We report a 31-year-old patient who was medically evaluated for new-onset neck pain on exertion without accompanying neurologic symptoms.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Acute dizziness ABCD2 score and HINTS examination as stroke predictors. Purpose: How good is the combination of two clinical stroke predictors (ABCD2 score and the special oculomotor examination HINTS) for risk assessment of image-morphologically proven stroke in patients with acute…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Diagnostic options for acute and chronic vertigo “Everything is spinning!” In the case of the leading symptom of dizziness, a structured procedure incl. targeted questioning of the duration and frequency of episodes as well as provocation factors and a focused…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Tinnitus - clarification and therapy for the practitioner Listen to tinnitus patients and take them seriously Accurate diagnostics including classification of the level of suffering must be performed. One should recognize “special cases” that entail specific somatic treatment. Educate the patient about possible causes and origins…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 30th Interactive GP afternoon When the nose no longer stops bleeding This time, ORL emergencies were among the topics discussed at the GP afternoon at the USZ. What are the modern diagnostics and treatment of epistaxis? What decisions should be made…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pulse synchronous ear noise Experimental endovascular therapy for pulsatile tinnitus of venous origin. Introduction: In vascular anomalies near the inner ear, some patients perceive pathological blood flow in the form of rhythmic ear noise. This so-called “pulsatile tinnitus” is pulse-synchronous, i.e. it correlates…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Pain and swelling after eating Current diagnostics and treatment of salivary stones By no means every patient who visits the doctor with swellings of the large salivary glands suffers from a viral or bacterial inflammation. The cause of swelling can also be…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Oral mucositis during radiotherapy Does flushing with tricyclic antidepressant help? Oral mucositis may occur as a side effect of radiotherapy for head and neck tumors. This is frequent, sometimes extremely painful and clearly limits the therapeutic options. Pain-relieving medications are…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Dizziness “No other cause is as controversial as vestibular migraine” HAUSARZT PRAXIS asked Dr. med. Annika Schade, FMH specialist for ORL and neurology, RehaClinic Bad Zurzach, senior physician in the acute neurorehabilitation department of RehaClinic at the Kantonsspital Baden site,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Interdisciplinary symposium on vertigo Video-based techniques simplify quantification of vestibular function An educational event on February 12 at the Inselspital Bern focused on vertigo: Among other topics, the most important vertigo syndromes for the practice, video-oculography and current therapy options were…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Painful ophthalmoplegia Tolosa-Hunt syndrome as a rather rare cause Introduction: Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is a rare idiopathic inflammatory disorder that may involve the cavernous sinus, orbital apex, and superior orbital fissure. The leading symptom is painful unilateral ophthalmoplegia and…
