This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – groin pain: internal causes Imaging procedures – in particular computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with and without contrast enhancement – are informative in the differential diagnosis of groin pain. The spectrum...…
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 – 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 2 min This content is machine translated Prostate cancer High-resolution ultrasound could diagnose prostate cancer faster Biopsies with high-resolution ultrasound are just as effective as MRI-guided biopsies in diagnosing prostate cancer, according to an international clinical study. Micro-ultrasound technology is also cheaper and easier to use...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Liver cirrhosis Liver cirrhosis – a term coined by the French doctor René Laënnec at the beginning of the 19th century – is the final stage of chronic liver disease. The connective...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Syringomyelia – multiple symptoms make diagnosis difficult Syringomyelia is a rare disease that develops due to a disturbance of cerebrospinal fluid flow (CSF) and is often due to obstruction of the subarachnoid space of the spinal column.…
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 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis dysphagia – cervical and intrathoracic lipoma Benign adipose-derived tumors from mature adipocytes are among the most common mesenchymal tumors, but are uncommon in cervical and intrathoracic soft tissues. Imaging reveals fat-equivalent density values in the smoothly…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Introduction spine diagnostics The spine is an essential part of the trunk skeleton. In the course of human life, it is exposed to permanent stress and in the different phases of life, image-morphologically…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis An interdisciplinary challenge Diagnoses cannot always be made with certainty after taking a medical history and performing clinical and laboratory examinations. Sometimes, further imaging clarification is required.
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Contrast agent in MRI Is gadolinium really a risk? Traces of gadolinium can be detected in tissues after multiple applications using modern chemical methods, even over time, but without clinical relevance or associated sequelae. Nevertheless, restrictions have recently been…
