This content is machine translated Follow-up care for head and neck cancer What is the significance of FDG PET-CT? Imaging plays an important role in the aftercare of head and neck tumors. Regular FDG PET-CT examinations can detect recurrences or metastases at an early stage. In the presence of...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Axial spondyloarthritis Sacroilitis on MRI and/or X-ray as a decisive criterion If chronic back pain occurs in patients under the age of 45, axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) should also be considered as a suspected diagnosis, according to an ASAS recommendation. Unfortunately, this...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – groin pain: musculoskeletal causes In the differential diagnosis of groin and hip pain, musculoskeletal changes should be considered as a cause of the symptoms. An imaging examination considerably facilitates the diagnostic assessment, whereby the...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Oncology – Prostate carcinoma The causes of prostate cancer are still largely unknown. Age and hormones are considered to be the most important risk factors. Specific procedures are available for sonographic and magnetic resonance...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis X-ray images Dyspnea – funnel chest A funnel chest is a deformity of the ribcage that is caused by a growth disorder of the bone and cartilage tissue. Physical symptoms do not always occur, but the...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Gastric outlet stenosis The hypertrophic pyloric muscle can be visualized by an ultrasound examination. In clinically unclear cases, an X-ray diagnosis is useful. A characteristic abnormal feature is the presence of a large...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dyspnea – Lung metastases Tumor cells from lung metastases have the typical characteristics of the original type of cancer. Affected patients often have no symptoms at first. As the disease progresses, however, they may...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Lung carcinoma – Pancoast tumor Lung carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in German-speaking countries. The average age of onset is between 68-70 years. The main risk factor is smoking. Henry Pancoast...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) are primarily intraductally growing epithelial pancreatic tumors that consist of mucinous cells. IPMNs are usually heterogeneous and show varying degrees of dysplasia and malignancy. Timely...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – pancreatic pseudocyst Most pancreatic pseudocysts are associated with pancreatitis and regress spontaneously. If pseudocysts cause symptoms or lead to complications, they can be treated endoscopically-interventional or surgically. Pancreatic pseudocysts can be differentiated...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – chronic pancreatitis Upper abdominal pain of varying intensity is the main symptom of chronic pancreatitis. If acute or chronic pancreatitis is suspected, transabdominal sonography is an established examination method for assessing morphological...…