Endoscopic and ultrasound diagnostics as contemporary method in diagnostics of dog stomach diseases

Choledocholithiasis diagnostics – endoscopic ultrasound or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography?

It is estimated that 3.4% of patients qualified for cholecystectomy due to cholelithiasis have a coexisting choledocholithiasis. For decades, endoscopic ascending retrograde cholangiopancreatography has been the golden diagnostic standard in cases of suspected choledocholithiasis. The method is associated with a relatively high rate of complications, including acute pancreatitis, the incidence ...

Diagnostics with a Stomach Pill

Precision medicine, technologies, and molecular diagnostics

Introduction: Genetics, cellular and molecular medicines are cutting-edge sciences and technologies that play an important role in improving human health and quality of life. In addition, medical and biological sciences have clearly shown that the onset of diseases differs from person to person due to their different genetic profiles and variations in molecular basis. Therefore, it is feasible ...

Principles of dermatologic ultrasound diagnostics.

Ultrasound is a valuable diagnostic tool widely used in medicine. Recently, high-frequency ultrasonography has been introduced to dermatology owing to technical advances. Currently, the most often used frequency for skin imaging is between 20 and 25 MHz. Ultrasound images can be generated in different modes, i.e. one-dimensional A mode, two-dimensional B mode and C mode. This type of skin imagi...

Abdominal Ultrasound – The Leading Method in Duodenal Gist Diagnostics

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the digestive tract and are generally asymptomatic. A 39-year-old female patient was hospitalized in 2012 at Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, for a focal hypodense irregular circular lesion located in segment III of the left hepatic lobe, accidentally found by...