A leg ulcer is mostly of vascular origin, complicating a venous, arterial or microcirculatory underlying pathology. Diagnosis of vascular origin is based on a simple clinical examination. This takes into account the aspect of the ulcer and the surrounding ...

A venous ulcer is the end result of a long pathological process where venous hypertension represents the principal cause of a number of complications. The physiotherapist by adapting various different therapeutic approaches improves the vascular, joint ...

A 38 year old patient presented with fever, myalgic abdominal pain, nose bleeding and acute renal failure since five days. A combination of thrombocytopenia, proteinuria, elevated CrP and creatinin is common in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) ...

The family history in a sportive 49 year old patient with coronary artery disease reveals several members with cardiovascular events. The diagnosis of dyslipidemia could be made in all the patient´s children. Genetic analysis of the patient shows a ...

Iodide mumps is a bilateral swelling of the parotid glands which appears 1–2 days after the administration of iodated contrast material. It is caused by an iodide induced sialadenitis of parotid, submandibular or sublingual glands. The symptoms disappear ...