This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral changes: Forestier’s disease Also known as spondylosis hyperostotica , idiopathic degenerative vertebral pathology is the most common noninflammatory spinal disease, with prevalence increasing in an age-correlated manner. Characteristic clinical features are pronounced hyperostoses…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Spondylosis hyperostotica – common vertebral change in the elderly. Spondylosis hyperostotica is the most common non-inflammatory disease of the spine, with an age-correlated increase in prevalence. This degenerative spinal disease occurs more frequently in patients with diabetes mellitus and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral changes: Spondylodiscitis Inflammatory spinal changes are most common in older adults. Today, MRI is considered the diagnostic gold standard. In case of contraindications to MRI, multislice CT serves as an alternative. The…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Radiogenic pneumonitis Calculable risk with modern radiotherapy Radiation therapy of thoracic tumors, particularly lung carcinoma, is caught between the goals of maximizing tumor control probability and avoiding toxicities. Radiogenic pneumonitis is a relevant side effect. This occurs… CME-Test
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Sonography in benign liver lesions Essential imaging procedure for the assessment Benign liver lesions are common findings on abdominal imaging. In most cases, they cause no symptoms and are discovered by chance. Therefore, it is difficult to provide valid prevalence data.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral pain conditions: osteoporosis with pathological fracture It happens again and again that pathological fractures of the spine, which have occurred without adequate force, are detected during imaging examinations. Advanced osteoporosis is often the underlying cause. This…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Mammary tumors of the male Malignancies of the male breast are very rare. In case of a suspected diagnosis, a careful clarification of clinical symptoms and anamnestic data is very important. Information sharing with the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral changes: intraspinal synovial cyst Synovial cysts occur primarily in the joints of the extremities and much less frequently in the spinal canal region. The in-traspinal synovial cysts, like other intraspinal space-occupying lesions, can cause…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Lumbar pain: spondylolysis The cause of true bony fissure formation in the spine in the region of the interarticular portion, spondylolysis and consecutive spondylolisthesis vera, is a congenital bony defect of the articular…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Lumbargia: herniated disc (extrusion) Back pain has become a common disease. Upright gait, lack of movement, overweight and inadequate load on the spine increase the physiological aging processes of the intervertebral discs and the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral noninflammatory lesions: Medullary changes The causes of medullary changes of the vertebrae are manifold. Inflammatory, tumorous and traumatic noxae as triggers usually lead to spongiosaedema. In the context of degenerative vertebral conditions, spongiosaedema, fatification…
