Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a group of rare tumors that involve abnormal growth of cells inside a woman's uterus. The aim of the paper was to report the incidence of GTD in the University Hospital Center during a ten-year period. The retrospective analysis involved all medical records of women who were treated for GTD in our clinic. ...

By Biljana Lazović, Vera Milenković

Myocarditis is defined as inflammation of the heart muscle according to clinical, immunohistological and pathological criteria. Myocarditis can manifest a wide spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild dyspnea or chest pain, and sometimes without a specific therapy it can lead to cardiogenic shock and death, too. According to the evidence, the inciden...

By Dejan Simonović, Marina Ilić

Web Technology in Health Information System The paper gives a concise review of the implementation of the web-based systems in teleradiology, radiological information system, hospital information system and in other modern medical information systems. The paper presents PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) and DICOM (Digital Imaging an...

By Rade Babić, Zoran Milošević, Gordana Babić

Cervical tuberculosis is a rare disease with a high complication rate. Tuberculosis of the cervical spine is reported in about 6-9% of all cases of spinal tuberculosis. Early diagnosis and treatment of spinal tuberculosis is essential in order to prevent neural deficit. Management strategies for spinal tuberculosis range from ambulatory chemotherap...

By Saša Milenković, Jordan Saveski, Ilir Hasani, Neda Trajkovska, Venko Filipče

The paranasal sinus mucocele is an epithelized cystic lesion containing fluid and is characterized by non-neoplastic expansion of the paranasal sinus due to its capacity to erode the overlying bone. Etiology of these lesions is still under debate. In this report, we described a case of a patient with frontal recess mucocele, associated with contral...

By Aleksandar Perić, Milan Erdoglija, Nenad Mladenović, Biserka Vukomanović Đurđević

Progress in medical care witnessed nowadays has resulted in the increase of the survival rate of infants affected or at risk of some psychomotor development disorders. High psychomotor risk may be associated with perinatal risk factors, preterm delivery as well as hereditary diseases. Each child with the so-called positive perinatal family history ...

By Marta Szmaj

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease defined as a pathologic dilatation of the infrarenal aorta that is often accompanied by significant superimposed atherosclerosis, inflammation and thrombosis. AAAs are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. While some patients may present with lower bac...

By Philip Tsao, Ivana Burazor

Surgical treatment of the patients with gynecologic diseases is warranted only when all the conservative treatment approaches have been exhausted. Surgical treatment is a stress for the patient, and associated risks and complications may be life-threatening. Surgery may be performed after the patient has been informed and her written consent obtain...

By Goran Lilić, Radomir Živadinović, Aleksandra Petrić, Vekoslav Lilić

A war wound is damage to the body having great kinetic energy, inflicted by firearms, (blast, projectile, burn) and sustained in wartime. It is characterised by massive destruction, primary contamination and modified reactivity of the body. The aim of this retrospective study was to show how to primarily treat the injured extremities, with and with...

By Predrag Grubor, Milan Grubor, Ivan Golubović, Predrag Stojiljković, Zoran Golubović

Realization of prepositions and prepositional phrases in professional medical texts in English may affect the proper selection of certain prepositions. Also, the use of prepositions is affected by literal translation into English. Today, the English language is the basic language for communication in biomedical sciences, and one of the problems tha...

By Slobodanka Krulj, Bojana Prodanović, Stevan Trbojević