This content is machine translated Rare diseases Gaucher disease – a sphingolipidosis A young adult patient with abdominal pain was found to have hepatomegaly and splenomegaly associated with thrombocytopenia and anemia. The bone marrow was then punctured and biopsied, followed by determination…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Carcinoma of the urinary bladder Urothelial carcinomas can occur in the upper or lower urinary tract. To examine the draining urinary tract (renal pelvic calices, ureters), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Interventional valve therapy Gender differences Current evidence on gender differences in interventional valve therapy indicates that the patient pathway of aortic valve stenosis requires awareness regarding symptomatology, diagnosis, prosthesis selection, and life-time management in women.… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Thyroid Diseases Clarification of thyroid nodules With the increasing use of imaging techniques, the incidence of incidentally detected thyroid nodules in particular has risen sharply in recent years. In addition, the thyroid gland as an important… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Urothelial carcinoma Carcinoma of the urinary bladder is one of the common malignant tumors. Men are affected twice as often as women. The main symptom is hematuria as microhematuria or painless macrohematuria.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Neuro-Oncology The therapy of brain tumors in the light of new findings Neuro-oncology specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the central nervous system. Her main focus is on primary brain tumors such as gliomas or meningiomas, but she also…
View Post 16 min This content is machine translated Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis Correctly diagnose and treat IPA Aspergillus species can cause a variety of diseases. Among them, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in immunocompromised patients is the most common opportunistic infection caused by molds and is characterized by… CME-Test
View Post 16 min This content is machine translated Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis Correctly diagnose and treat IPA Aspergillus species can cause a variety of diseases. Among them, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in immunocompromised patients is the most common opportunistic infection caused by molds and is characterized by… CME-Test
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Basics of brachytherapy (Part 2) Current status in clinical practice Level 1 evidence is available for the benefit of additional BT in endometrial, cervical, and breast carcinoma. For example, it is an integral part of the therapy concept for endometrial… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Invasive Aspergillus infections “A Chameleon in CT” Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis poses a major threat, especially to immunocompromised individuals such as tumor patients. The mortality rate is over 60%, and diagnosis and treatment of the fungal infection are…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Nephrolithiasis With the widespread use of ultrasound equipment and the performance of computed tomographic cross-sectional imaging, kidney stones are detected more frequently nowadays than in the past. The goal of imaging…
