Urtė Oniūnaitė, Lina Jankauskaitė Abstract Off-label treatment is often seen in pediatrics, especially in pediatric intensive care and neonatal departments. It is linked to a broad range of factors, including restriction of pharmacological studies for ethical reasons, different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of medicines due to age and physiological differences in children, and the difficulty…
Paulina Steniulytė, Simona Vaitkutė, Rasa Liutkevičienė Abstract Leber‘s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a rare disorder that mainly presents in males in their young age. The majority of cases are caused by three primary maternally inherited mtDNA point mutations (m.3460G > A, m.11778G > A, and m.14484T > C) that affect subunits 4, 6, and…
Nerija Spaičytė, Ieva Gudelevičiūtė, Indrė Migonienė, Arūnas Vasiliauskas Abstract Objective. To evaluate the efficiency of various interventions performed before and during orthodontic treatment which aim to reduce the incidence of WSL. Materials and methods. Using PRISMA guidelines in search of clinical trials published between 2017 and 2022, a literature analysis was performed. This search was…
Aldona Šileikaitė, Ilona Čėsnienė, Arūnas Germanavičius Abstract Forensic psychiatry is specific area where legal, clinical and social aspects are involved. Moreover it is important to evaluate and protect both sides the public and persons who are not guilty by reason of insanity. The most prevalent mental disorders among forensic psychiatry patients are psychotic disorders (especially…
Nora Šiupšinskienė, Ligita Švagždytė, Laimis Dubosas, Saulius Vaitkus, Artūras Razbadauskas Abstract The aim of the study was to evaluate physical problems in patients previously treated for head and neck cancer and to compare them according to the post-treatment period. A total of 62 patients (mean age 61.6±10.2 years) diagnosed with primary head and neck cancer,…
Vytautas Ragaišis, Evaldas Keleras Abstract Occipital condylar fractures caused by high-energy blunttrauma to the craniocervical junction are very rare. It may lead toan incomplete understanding of the entity of this pathology andcan be underdiagnosed becouse this condition likely occurs withgreater frequency. The clinical presentation is highly variable:severe neck pain, caudal cranial nerve (IX-XII) palsy Collet-Sicardsyndrome,…
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…
Vytautas Kasiulevičius Abstract Summary Neuropathic pain results from damage to or dysfunction of the peripheral or central nervous system, rather than stimulation of pain receptors. Diagnosis is suggested by pain out of proportion to tissue injury, dysesthesia (eg, burning, tingling), and signs of nerve injury detected during neurologic examination. Although neuropathic pain responds to opioids,…
