Gerta Repečkaitė1, Rokas Kurtinaitis1, Laima Dobrovolskienė Md Phd.1, Algidas Basevičius Md Phd.1 Domas Golubickas1  1Department of Radiology of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas, Lithuania. Abstract Background: Fluid in the pleural cavity is a common clinical problem with many potential causes. Despite the clinical and radiological findings providing important data about the cause(s) of content …

Inga Zaborienė1, Tomas Tvarijonas3, Gertrūda Rudaitytė3 , Saulius Lukoševičius1, Giedrius Barauskas2, Kristina Žvinienė1 1Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas, Lithuania. 2Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy. Department of Surgery. 3Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas, Lithuania. Abstract Background and aim: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is one of the most malignant cancer  forms. It …

Gintaras Kuprionis1, Raimondas Valickas1, Rasita Pavilionė1, Žygimantas Štaras1, Ugnė Marcinkutė1 1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania Abstract Introduction: There have been various systems for identifying risk of thyroid nodule malignancy using ultrasound (US), with the most recent being 2017 American College of Radiology proposed TI-RADS. However, this system does not take vascular patterns into …

  ABSTRACT Background: Intraosseous meningiomas are extradural meningiomas, which are rare lesions arising in the skull. They are likely to originate from intraosseous entrapment of arachnoid cells. They are often asymptomatic, but may cause symptoms depending on the location and size. Surgical resection is usually used to treat patients. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy may be …

ABSTRACT Background: Dengue mosquito borne viral infection consisting of four serotypes has been increasing morbidity and mortality to steady rise in India for more than decade. Lack of specific treatment caused significant challenges to the health system in the management of fatal cases.  The clinical spectrum of dengue, caused by any of the four serotypes …

ABSTRACT Objectives: To describe the complications following ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy, and outcomes at 2 and 6 months following treatment. Methods: Patients with primary or secondary varicose veins and treated with UGFS were followed up at 1 week and 2 months by Duplex Doppler Ultrasound to assess the effectiveness of the procedure and to document …

ABSTRACT Background: Intraosseous meningiomas are extradural meningiomas, which are rare lesions arising in the skull. They are likely to originate from intraosseous entrapment of arachnoid cells. They are often asymptomatic, but may cause symptoms depending on the location and size. Surgical resection is usually used to treat patients. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy may be needed …

ABSTRACT  Renal lymphangiectasia is a rare disorder characterized by ectasia of perirenal, peripelvic and intrarenal lymphatic vessels. A disturbance in the drainage of renal sinus lymphatics results in ectasia of peripelvic, intrarenal and perirenal lymphatics, and leads to the formation of renal lymphangiectasia. Multiple cysts with various sizes are seen in the perinephric space, renal …

ABSTRACT Brainstem gliomas constitute 10-20% of all pediatric CNS tumors. Brain stem astrocytomas are usually fibrillary. Based on their appearance they can be focal, exophytic, cervico-medullary and focal tectal gliomas. Malignant gliomas are characterized by the infiltrative growth of malignant cells and they grow along the white matter tracts. Rarely, an extension of a tumor …

Severina Šedienė 1, Ilona Kulakienė 1, Viktoras Rudžianskas 2 1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy 2Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Oncology Institute Abstract The role of 18F-fluorodeoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) imaging in head and neck carcinoma (HNC) during pre-treatment staging, treatment response assessment after induction chemotherapy, radiotherapy planning and after entire …