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The paper is an overview of the injuries of the extensor mechanism of the knee, which include ruptures of the quadriceps muscle tendon and patellar tendon, as well as patellar fractures. The anatomical and biomechanical characteristics, mechanism of injury, diagnosis, methods of treatment, rehabilitation and prognosis are described.

Endometrial cancer is a hormone dependent tumour. Estrogens, endogenous as well as tho­se infiltrated artificially into the organism, play a decisive part in its origin. The disease affects especially older or overweight women. In Slovenia, endometrial cancer is the most frequent of genital malignomas. It occurs most often in the histological form of endometrioid adeno­carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, papillary serous adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic pseudocysts, which develop as a complication of acute and chronic inflammation and pancreatic trauma, are a collection of pancreatic secretory products surrounded by a fi­brous sac. It is important to differentiate these pseudocysts from acute fluid collections and other benign and malignant cystic lesions of the pancreas. Patients with a history of pancrea­titis and developing pseudocyst present with a

The article reviews the influence of knee joint immobilisation on its structural components: muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, joint capsule and articular cartilage. Immobilisation results in measurable decrement of muscle strength and their atrophy. It produces a decline of bone mass, a weakening of the joints’ dense fibrous tissue and a gradual loss of articular cartila­ge, which is ultimately replaced by

In early diagnosis of sacroiliitis as a part of seronegative spondyloarthritides, conventional radio­graphy and computed tomography are used. Computed tomography was the most sensitive diagnostic method before discovering magnetic resonance imaging. It has been widely accep­ted that computed tomography is the radiological method of choice for detection of early subc­hondral cortical bone erosions. The ideal radiological technique should give the