Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
verdichtet [bei Ultraschall-Untersuchung]
English translation:
hyperechoic
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Lirka
Dec 13, 2020 14:59
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verdichtet
German to English
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Medical: Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases
This is taken from a medical report about a patient with a pacemaker. It forms part of the results of an abdominal ultrasound examination.
Leber: Gut beurteilbar. Organe nicht vergrössert. Regelrechte Kontur. Oberfläche glatt. Echomuster homogen und nicht verdichtet. Pfortader perfundiert (20 cm/s). Lebervenen perfundiert.
Does verdichtet here refer to the type of echo pattern?
Leber: Gut beurteilbar. Organe nicht vergrössert. Regelrechte Kontur. Oberfläche glatt. Echomuster homogen und nicht verdichtet. Pfortader perfundiert (20 cm/s). Lebervenen perfundiert.
Does verdichtet here refer to the type of echo pattern?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | hyperechoic |
Lirka
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| 4 | Homogeneous echo pattern with no evidence of fatty change |
Renee Kulkarni MD
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| 3 | compressed |
Petrus Maritz
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Change log
Dec 18, 2020 08:47: Lirka Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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hyperechoic
In an ultrasound, areas of consolidation (Verdichtung) are hyperechoic. In an X-ray, they'd be called "consolidated".
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-12-13 21:59:03 GMT)
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The entire sentence: Homogeneous echo pattern without hyperechoic areas.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-12-13 21:59:03 GMT)
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The entire sentence: Homogeneous echo pattern without hyperechoic areas.
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Homogeneous echo pattern with no evidence of fatty change
This does refer to the echopattern of the liver. Fat deposition in liver cells results in an echogenic/ hyperechoic appearance of the hepatic parenchyma (‘verdichtet Echomuster’)
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compressed
How about: The echo pattern has not been compressed....?
The echo pattern has not been manipulated. It is normal.
The echo pattern has not been manipulated. It is normal.
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