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...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – liver metastases Contrast-enhanced imaging examinations have a high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of liver metastases, whereby sonographic as well as computer and magnetic resonance imaging examinations can be used. The...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – panniculitis Panniculitis can be classified as lobular or septal, depending on the main site of inflammation in the fat. In mesenteric panniculitis, magnetic resonance imaging is the method of choice to…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – retroperitoneal sarcoma Patients with soft tissue sarcoma often complain of localized pressure and increasing pain. In addition to sonography, contrast-enhanced CT and MRI imaging are particularly informative. If there is a suspicion…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – rectal cancer Colorectal carcinomas usually occur as a transformation within adenomatous polyps. Percutaneous sonography of the abdomen is usually performed as an exploratory examination of the abdomen (liver, ascites, gallstones) and also…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – cystadenoma and teratoma of the ovary Cystadenomas are benign epithelial tumors that grow like glands and form cysts. Mature teratomas of the ovary are benign neoplasms from various cotyledons and can exhibit different phenotypes. Cystadenomas often…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Uterine myoma Uterine fibroids are benign tumors of the smooth muscles of the uterus. In some cases, there is abnormal uterine bleeding and pressure in the pelvis, occasionally also urinary or bowel…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Ovarian cysts Ovarian cysts are cavities filled with fluid or tissue in the ovaries. They occur in women of all ages, but are particularly common during hormonal fluctuations. If large ovarian cysts…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Pelvic congestion syndrome Pelvic congestion synd rome is the second most common cause of chronic lower abdominal pain, but in many cases remains undiagnosed. Pelvic vein syndrome is caused by abnormal dilation of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Appendicitis Abdominal pain in the right lower abdomen, accompanied by nausea or fever, is a typical symptom of appendicitis. If there is a classic symptomatology for appendicitis, the diagnosis can be…
