Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The most common manifestation of the disease is pulmonary tuberculosis but other organs can also be affected (so called…

Extensor hallucis longus tendon injuries are uncommon. When suspected, one has to be very careful because a missed injury can lead to tendon retraction, scarring and even flexor contracture of…

Abstract. Glucagonoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor with pancreatic alpha cell differen­tiation. This tumor is characterized by hypersecretion of a peptide hormone glucagon, which can be detected in this type…

Acute hepatic porphyrias are rare disorders of heme metabolism and can potentially be let­hal. Diagnosis is based on the clinical presentation and laboratory analysis of urine. Adequate and early treatment…

We present a patient with acute myocardial infarction, by whom recurrent attacks of ventricular fibrillation 15 days after the infarction appeared. All attacks had to be terminated by defibrillation. Various…

The gastrinoma was first described by the surgeons Zollinger and Ellison in 1955. The basic characteristics of this disease include an endocrine gastrin-secreting tumor of the gastrointestinal tract, gastric hypersecretion…

In medical circles of Slovenia, emergency medical services are regarded as services provided exclusively by health care professionals. This concept, which excludes any participation of lay public and lay institutions,…

The article presents a female patient that was operated in acute state for gallstone ileus without a prior anamnesis having been taken. Due to multiple stones, the ileus recurred with…

Acanthamoeba is a free-living protozoon. Exposure to acanthamoeba is very common, but infections occur only rarely. Acanthamoeba keratitis should be suspected in every pacient with chronic, progressive ulcerative keratitis of…

Amenorrhea in younger women is a fairly common problem encountered both by general practitioners, gynaecologists and school doctors. The spectrum of its causes is very broad. Fortunately, the disease is…

  the authors report on a rare case of acute myocardial infarction associated with dissection of the aortic arch. Treatment and differential diagnosis are presented. Early administration of fibrinolytic agents is undoubtedly…

The author presents a female patient with severe status asthmaticus. He presents pathogenesis, pathophysiology and potential complications of the disease and stresses the importance of clinical evaluation of the patient…

Acute cholangitis is a serious complication occurring in patients with extrahepatic obstruction of the biliary tract, most commonly due to common bilr duct stones. Mortality rates associated with this complication…

Marfan's syndrome, which is a fairly uncommon disease in Slovenia, is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern and can involve connective tissue in the following three systems: cardiovascular system, skeleton…

The authors report on a young female patient with Cogan's syndrome. Diagnosis, differential  diagnosis and treatment of this rare disease are presented.

In this region, Tinea profunda capilliti occurs very rarely in infants. The paper presents a 6–week–old childe infected by his father, who had a recent history of tinea barbae and…

Tinea capitis is one of the most common superficial fungal infections in children. A case of a ten-year-old boy with a superficial fungal scalp infection caused by Microsporum canis is…

Clinical disorders associated with uric acid urolithiasis are described (familial uric acid urolithiasis, overproduction of uric acid, hyperuricosuria, chronic volume contraction). Diagnosis and treatment of uric acid urolithiasis in 5-year-old boy with…

Celiac disease is a systemic disease with autoimmune inflammatory response triggered by gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. It is more prevalent than previously thought and may appear at any age.…

We present a 33-year-old patient, born in Sri Lanka and living in Switzerland for 12 years, who complained of acute pain in the right shoulder and the right upper abdomen.…

The authors present a patient with severe coronary artery disease who suffered acute inferoposterior myocardial infarction. The first three days of rehabilitation were uneventful, but on the fourth day the…

Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm is a potentially fatal event, occuring quite frequently in older men with uncontrolled hypertension. Because of nonspecific symptoms, such as abdominal and back pain, the…

The author reports a patient with acute liver and kidney failure diagnosed on his retur­ning from 14-day trip to Brasil, where he had been exposed to various risk factors for…

The authors report on a 40-year-old female patient with pain, paresthesias and hypesthesias involving the distal parts of the lower extremities. Standard electromyography revealed no abnormalities, while the assessment of…