Collision tumors occur when two tumors of different histological origin develop simultaneously at the same site, such as sarcoma and carcinoma combinations, carcinoma and lymphoma combinations, or others. Notably, collision tumors are less common in the lungs compared to other organs. A 65-year-old woman with a history of surgically and chemotherap...

By Džemila Alić, Marina Marković, Slobodanka Mitrović, Milena Ilić, Ajtana Bajrović, Jelena Savić, Marija Spasojević, Dalibor Jovanović

Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) or congenital poikiloderma is a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis with involvement of many systems. The risk of mesenchymal malignancy is high in this disease which is accompanied by skin findings such as skin atrophy, hypo-hyperpigmentation, short stature, growth retardation, hypogonadism, nail and tooth dyspl...

By Sebahattin Memis, Mehmet Demirtas

The length of tooth enamel conditioning time and the size of bracket bases are some the factors influencing the bond strength between the two adherents. The aim of this study was to compare the shear bond strength (SBS) between two different types of bonded metal brackets and acid-etched enamel surface in two different times. Forty extracted human ...

By Vladimir Mitić, Ana Todorović, Aleksandar Mitić, Kosta Todorović, Milan Miljković

Postoperative delirium is defined as an acute state of confusion that develops within hours or days after surgical intervention. With the global aging of the world population, the number of geriatric patients who will undergo surgery is on a steady rise, increasing therefore the possibility of postoperative delirium. The primary aim of this study w...

By Marija Stošić, Velimir Perić, Jelena Živadinović, Aleksandar Kamenov, Vladimir Stojiljković, Dragan Milić, Milan Lazarević, Aleksandar Nikolić, Dalibor Stojanović, Mlađan Golubović

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the AgNOR parameters for the discrimination of benign from malignant breast tumors via a new approach - the total AgNOR area/nuclear area (TAA/NA). Three groups, consisting of control (n = 14), benign (n = 18) and malignant (n = 28) participants were included in the study. The AgNOR staining technique was perfor...

By Mehmet Koksal, Serap Dogan, Recep Eroz, Figen Ozturk, Ahmet Ozturk, Nurhan Cucer

Aesthetic appearance is one of the major concerns in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients and its improvement is one of the main treatment's goals. Poor trunk appearance is associated with reduced quality of life in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. To review instruments that have been created to evaluate poor trunk appearance in the...

By Vesna Živković, Lidija Dimitrijević, Hristina Čolović, Dragan Zlatanović, Marija Spalević, Nataša Savić

This study aimed to evaluate and quantify the antimicrobial activity of lyophilized fruit juice (BCLJ) and waste extract (BCLW) obtained from the black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) variety Čačanska crna. The study was conducted using four Gram (+) (Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis) and five Gram (-)...

By Milica Trajković, Dušanka Kitić, Tatjana Mihajilov-Krstev, Katarina Šavikin, Milica Ranđelović, Milica Milutinović, Suzana Branković, Nemanja Kitić, Bojana Miladinović

Nora's lesion or bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation is a rare benign bone neoplasm that is usually localized on the small bones of the hands. The paper was aimed at clinical, morphological and structural analysis of Nora's lesion case, the second registered in Ukraine. A 42-year-old male patient presented with complaints of painless...

By Borys Fylenko, Nataliia Roiko, Andriy Roiko, Іvan Starchenko, Dmytro Kuvichka, Volodymyr Koka

Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), primarily affects the respiratory system, the possibility of multisystem tissue and organ damage is not excluded. In severe forms of the disease, hematological disorders with the accompanying laboratory derangements often occur. The...

By Jelena Đorđević, Olgica Mihaljević, Marijana Stanojević-Pirković, Ardahanli Isa, Milan Radović, Batrić Babović

The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at evaluating the impact of self-care training programs based on digital health on the quality of life of burn patients. Electronic databases such as Science Direct, Medline/PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, Google Scholar, and Cochrane library were searched independently by two research...

By Kolsoum Deldar, Farnoosh Khodabandelool, Mahdieh Arian, Seyed Hosseini, Razieh Froutan