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 – 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 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dyspnea – pulmonary embolism The most common symptoms include acute dyspnea, chest pain, syncope or presyncope and hemoptysis. The spectrum of clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic patients to hemodynamic instability and shock. The clinical...…
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 – 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…
View Post 0 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Pancreatic carcinoma
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – retroperitoneal liposarcoma Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are often discovered as an incidental finding. The most common subtypes of sarcomas in the retroperitoneum are dedifferentiated liposarcomas, well-differentiated liposarcomas and leiomyosarcomas. Complete surgical resection is the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Urocystolithiasis Typical pain symptoms or blood in the urine often indicate a stone disease. There are many possible causes. Imaging procedures such as sonography or computer tomography can be used to…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Urinary bladder diverticulum Diverticula are benign and can occur on the entire urinary bladder wall or only parts of the urinary bladder wall. Congenital bladder diverticula are caused by congenital weaknesses of the…
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…
