Factors contributing to the hypercoagulable state. Clinical case of intracardiac thrombosis and massive pulmonary embolism

Julius Vidikas1, Evelina Gudavičiūtė², Matas Kalinauskas² 1Lithuanian research center of health sciences ²  Faculty of Medicine, Academy of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009 Kaunas, Lithuania  ABSTRACT Thrombophilia, or hypercoagulable state, can cause various thrombotic events. It occurs due to inherited and/or acquired factors. Inherited risk factors, such as factor V …

Clinical application of COVID-19 Reporting and Data System in computed tomography of bilateral pneumonia diagnostic: a literature review

Ugnė Kulnickaitė1,  Laura Dobrovaitė1 , Kamilė Grigaitė1 1Faculty of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania Corresponding author’s email: ugne.kulnickaite@gmail.com ABSTRACT Background: The 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) has spread at an astonishing speed across the world, causing major morbidity and mortality. Computed tomography (CT) examination plays an important role in crisis areas in …

Diagnostic peculiarities of bronchopulmonary sequestration: case and literature review

Ričardas Kundelis1, Laura Dobrovaitė1, Mažvydas Užkurnys1 1 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania ABSTRACT Bronchopulmonary sequestration is an uncommon congenital anomaly in which part of the non‐functioning pulmonary tissue is divided from the normal lung and has no normal connection with the tracheobronchial tree and pulmonary artery. This …

Neuroimaging in diffuse axonal injury: a literature review and clinical case presentation

Rūta Pačinskaitė1, Rymantė Gleiznienė2 1Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania. 2Department of Radiology of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania. ABSTRACT DAI is a frequent and detrimental type of traumatic brain injury that may lead to death and disability. DAI is classified into 3 grades based on …

CT hypoperfusion complex: how to recognize shock in the absence of profound hypotension

Kamilė Počepavičiūtė1, Rasita Pavilionė 2  1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania 2Republic Klaipeda Hospital, Department of Radiology, Klaipeda, Lithuania ABSTRACT The most common causes of shock are traumatic events. Although signs of hypoperfusion complex are detected in only 5% of patients, who suffered blunt abdominal trauma, unfortunately, these …

Influence of risk factors on size and localization of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms

Arnolda Marija Baškytė1, Agnė Kavaliauskaitė1, Saulius Lukoševičius2, Carl Bruno Neisser3 1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Lithuania 2Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Lithuania 3Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St. Joseph Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany Abstract The aim: to accomplish CT measurements and evaluate the impact of unchangeable risk factors and comorbidities on …

Alveolar echinococcosis: clinical case presentation

Gabija Bagužytė1, Paulina Tekoriutė1, Diana Barkauskienė2 1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania 2Department of Pulmonology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania Keywords: echinococcus multilocularis, Alveolar echinococcosis, Malignant parasite, Mimicking cancer.

Angioplasty of v. mesenterica sup. Occlusion: clinical case report

Domas Bajerūnas1, Kotryna Mockaitytė1, Andrius Pranculis2 1 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas,Lithuania 2 Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno Klinikos, Department of Interventional Radiology, Kaunas, Lithuania ABSTRACT Cases of symptomatic v. mesenterica sup. (VMS) occlusion is rare. Patients usually complain of abdominal pain and present gastrointestinal …

The role of imaging modalities in diagnostics of posterior paravertebral mediastinal pathologic changes

ABSTRACT Background: Different paravertebral pathologies in posterior mediastinum may cause diagnostic difficulties. Usually, the symptoms are not specific, and the changes are found during routine investigations. In roentgenograms, they do not have specific features so more accurate imaging modality must be chosen to define whether it is benign or malignant. This can be made by …

Pathological changes in non-contrast CT scans, safety, and outcome differences in patients with elevated INR compared to patients with normal INR after acute ischemic stroke treatment with mechanical thrombectomy

Domas Bajerūnas1, Kotryna Mockaitytė1, Andrius Pranculis2, Algidas Basevičius3 1 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania 2 Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, department of Interventional Radiology, Kaunas, Lithuania 3 Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, department of Radiology, Kaunas, Lithuania ABSTRACT Background and aim: Stroke is the second main …