Probiotics for the Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Humans-A Review of Clinical Trials.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 400 million people are obese, and over 1.6 billion adults are overweight worldwide. Annually, over 2.

[Primary sclerosing cholangitis in children - clinical manifestations and diagnostic difficulties].

Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a rare chronic disease of intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts, which causes cholestasis with inflammation and fibrosis ultimately resulting in biliary cirrhosis. The review focuses on clinical manifestations and diagnostic difficulties in primary sclerosing cholangitis in children.

[Pulmonary metastases in children with solid tumours--own experiences].

Background: The most frequent reasons of relapses in solid tumours among children are lung metastases.

Aim: Analysis of lung metastatic cases among children with solid tumours treated from 1995-2005.

Material And Methods: 26 lung metastatic cases (17 males, 9 females) were analysed.

[Assessment of treatment results in children with malignant liver tumours in own experience].

Aim: The assessment of malignant liver tumours in children treated in our centre between years 1985-2004 has been made in order to analyze the prognostic factors and improvement in survival rate.

Material And Methods: 17 patients with malignant liver tumours were followed-up. There were 10 (58,8%) patients with hepatoblastomas, 5 (29,4%) hepatocarcinomas, 1 (5,9%) undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma and 1 (5,9%) rhabdomyosarcoma.

[Atypical picture of osteosarcoma situated in fibula of a 14-year-old boy].

This paper presents the case of osteogenic sarcoma, situated in fibula of 14-year-old boy. The X-ray picture of this tumor was typical of unicameral cyst, but histopathological examination showed traits of osteosarcoma. Only magnetic resonance suggested the presence of malignant neoplasm.