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Radiological imaging methods are an important part of the diagnostic process for patients presenting with a disease of the paranasal sinuses. They allow a non-invasive approach to identifying congenital lesions, anatomic variations, injuries, inflammatory and neoplastic processes. Paranasal sinuses are air-filled cavities within the osseous structures of the skull, lined with a ciliated columnar epithelium. Narrow drainage pathways connect them

Echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by a tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus. Present worldwide, it is considered to be a re-emerging infectious disease because of a steep rise in incidence in various parts of the world. In Slovenia, it is prevalent mostly in the eastern part of the country. The infection can be asymptomatic for a long period of

The article reviews dementia in adults with intellectual disability, focusing on adults with Down syndrome. Diagnostic possibilities, prevalence, risk factors, and treatment options are discussed. In addition, behavioural and psychological changes, which may be one of the first signs of dementia in adults with intellectual disability, are described.

Finger clubbing is a unique clinical sign and is characterised by a focal bulbous enlargement of the terminal segments of one or more fingers and/or toes. Finger clubbing can also be associated with painful and enlarged joints and periostitis of long tubular bones – in this case it represents a syndrome called hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Finger clubbing and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy represent

The choice of patients with an expected aggressive course of the disease who need adjuvant systemic therapy while others can be spared the adverse effects of such therapy represents one of the main challenges of early stage breast cancer treatment. Prognostic factors, such as lymph node status, tumour size, grade, lymphovascular invasion, patient age, hormone receptor status, human epidermal growth