OCULAR INJURIES IN COMBAT SPORTS: ANALYSIS OF MECHANISMS, DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES, AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES (2015–2025)

Volume 36, Number 6 (2026)

Matas Mikalauskas, Karolis Strašunskas, Edita Puodžiuvienė Abstract Ocular trauma is a significant concern in combat sports, where high-impact strikes frequently cause injuries ranging from mild superficial lesions to severe anterior or posterior segment damage capable of impairing vision. This narrative review examines ocular injury mechanisms in boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, and other combat disciplines,…

Neurosarcoidosis Complicated with Hydrocephalus

Volume 23, Number 3(88) (2013)

Antanas Romas Gvazdaitis, Kęstutis Jacikevičius, Loreta Radvinskienė, Saulius Taroza Abstract Neurosarcoidosis is rare appearance of sarcoidosis with involvement of neural tissue. Neurosarcoidosis may damage any neural tissue, but the most often involved places are cerebral nerves, meninges and hypothalamus. Hydrecephalus is very rare manifestation of neurosarcoidosis. There is presented the young man case with intense…

Intrathoracic Kidney

Volume 22, Number 6(85) (2012)

Kęstutis Trainavičius, Eglė Stašienė Abstract Congenital thoracic ectopic kidney is a rare developmental anomaly, with the thorax being the rarest and higher location of ectopic kidneys. This anomaly is usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on routine chest radiography. At least 200 cases of thoracic kidney have been described, with the vast majority of mases documented…

Transsexuality Diagnostic and Treatment: Case Report

Volume 22, Number 2(81) (2012)

Benjaminas Burba, Aistė Dovydaitytė, Viktorija Grigaliūnienė, Raimonda Eglė Jusiūtė Abstract Psychosexual disorders is an area that nowadays increasingly ine-rests both scientists and clinical psychiatrists as a very important couse of plenty of psychosocial problems. One of these disorders is transsexualism. In the current classification in Lithuania ICD-10-AM transsexualism is described as a desire to live…