Stuart and Aida Nelson Jun 7, 2019:

AndersonT You were saying that "Raumforderung" is an outdated term?

We have this sentence today 07/06/2019 from a medical report:

"Raumforderung des Ovars ohne Therapiebedarf 11/2007"

Cheers from Merseyside to everyone, Aida :)

AndersonT (X) May 21, 2019:

Hypertrophy I have shortly toyed with hyperplasia, however, I'm swinging back to @lirka's hypertrophy simply because it is less specific (as is the source).

Hyperplasia is definitively an increased number of cells, whereas hypertrophy is often used in a less specific context merely denoting a palpable/discernible growth of "something" ... as in the muscle hypertrophy mentioned below.

With that being said, there is nothing tumor-related going on here. One of the defining characteristics of a tumor or neoplasm is that the cell growth is abnormal in some way, and not merely accelerated or increased. Healthy "hypertrophic" cells are not mutated tumor cells, they're merely "larger than normal" cells.

As for the "Raumforderung" mentioned somewhere below, that merely means a mass of yet to be determined origins. The term "Raumforderung" was established when imaging technologies were much less advanced and x-ray technology could not tell a cyst from a solid tumor. With modern imaging technologies, it should be considered an outdated term imho.

Ramey Rieger (X) May 21, 2019:

So, Lady Lirka, the literal is correct?

Stuart and Aida Nelson May 21, 2019:

You live and learn However, I am happy to apply the technical term and if it is hypertrophy so be it. I guess I have to digest the fact that I have never ever seen this word in a medical text before, greetings from sunny England, Aida :)

Stuart and Aida Nelson May 21, 2019:

@ Lirka But to be fair, it doesn't say 'tumour' either. At the end of the day, Ramey was right with her suggestion before. It literally says a surplus of tissue nothing else.

Stuart and Aida Nelson May 21, 2019:

@ Lirka Thank you for the explanation.

Lirka May 21, 2019:

As I said,I usually see it in Swiss German reports I have never seen it in Austrian reports.

Lirka May 21, 2019:

@S&A: No, AROUND the artery (perivacular) soft tissue around the artery

Stuart and Aida Nelson May 21, 2019:

muscle hyperthrophy You normally see muscle hyperthrophy. Constant hyperthrophy of the hepatic artery?

Lirka May 21, 2019:

@Assannet, you also have Weichgewebsvermehrung in the text above.

If you google Weichteilplus or Gewebsvermehrung, you get lots of hits, also in referece to vessels, as in your case: Perivaskuläre Gewebsvermehrung