Sternotomy and extracorporal circulation for fulminant Budd-Chiari syndrome due to leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.

Background: Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare and severe vascular liver disease. We presented patient with fulminant liver failure secondary to leiomyosarcoma of the IVC and thrombosis.

Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female presented with fulminant liver failure secondary to inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis.

A current role status of micro-ultrasound imaging in prostate cancer diagnosis.

 Recently diagnostic field in medicine was enriched by advances in ultrasonography (US) technology, which led to establishment of novel modalities, one of which is micro-ultrasound. Results demonstrated by early studies have been promising, simultaneously rising a question if those new modalities could become an alternative in diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma (PCa). To answer this question, several studies have been conducted where micro-ultrasound have been compared to standard diagnostic tools, such as conventional TRUS or mpMRI.

H2O2/UV enhanced degradation of pesticides in wastewater.

Photodegradation of organic pesticides in industrial wastewater was examined in a UV/H2O2/air system. An experimentally determined optimal amount of hydrogen peroxide (0.008% v/v) indicates that hydrogen peroxide concentration controlled the efficiency of photodegradation.

Pesticides in precipitation in the Gdańsk region (Poland).

Selected organonitrogen, organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides have been determined in precipitation samples collected at 10 sites in the Gdańsk region (northern Poland) over a period of one year (1998). Compounds which were detected most often included simazine (0.11-5.