BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and this is a serious public health problem. Since the use of dermatoglyphics has a long history of application in different scientific fields, the objective of this research was to find possible relation between the finger and palmar dermatoglyphic patterns and breast cancer risk in females with no breast cancer within the Bosnian-Herzegovinian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included a case group of 100 female patients with pathohistologically confirmed breast cancer and 132 healthy volunteer women as a control group with no familiar history of any type of cancers. Sampling was performed across Bosnia and Herzegovina using the Printake method. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of fingers and palms of both hands was performed. RESULTS A pattern of less than six finger loops was found more frequently in breast cancer patients than in the control group. The ATD angle and the b-c ridge count were increased in breast cancer patients in comparison with healthy subjects. CONCLUSION Dermatoglyphic analysis in combination with the assessment of other risk factors may be used as a cheap and non-invasive method in the prediction of breast cancer development.

Introduction: Myocardial bridges represent an anomaly of the coronary arteries' flow, which can be asymptomatic, or can lead to the coronary insufficiency and its clinical consequences. The aim of this research was to derermine whether there is a correlation between the type of arterial vascularization and presence and localization of the myocardial bridges. Material and Methods: As a material for this work, we used 45 human heart specimens from the Institute of Anatomy of the Medical Faculty in Sarajevo. At each heart, the type of arterial vascularization was determined, and in those specimens with myocardial bridges, the branch on which they were localized was recorded. Results: Out of total 45 human hearts, myocardial bridges were present at 24 (53.3%). One myocardial bridge was present in 16 hearts, two in 7 hearts and three in one heart. In the heart group with myocardial bridges, the incidence of right type of vascularization was 79.2%, and in the group without myocardial bridges 76.2%. The left type of vascularisation was least represented in both groups, with 9.5% in the heart group without bridges and 8.3% in the group with myocardial bridges present. Out of 33 detected myocardial bridges, 25 of them were on the left and 8 on the right coronary artery, so myocardial bridges are much more often localized on the branches of the left than the right coronary arteries, regardless of the type of arterial vascularization. Conclusion: There is no correlation of the type of arterial vascularization of the human hearts with the presence and localization of myocardial bridges.