[A case of Whipple's disease]. / Przypadek choroby Whipple'a.

We present 66 year old man with symptoms of malabsorption syndrome. The correct diagnosis of Whipple's disease was made difficult by the radiological picture of the jejunum tumor with subocclusion. It was the cause of the diagnosis of carcinoid tumor of the small intestine: the laparotomy was performed. The histological picture was typical for Whipple's disease. The skin changes seen in our patient were similar like in carcinoid syndrome, pellagra and Whipple's disease.

[Chloroma--a rare symptom of acute leukemia]. / Zieleniak (chloroma)--rzadki objawy ostrej bialaczki.

Chloroma is a tumour composed of immature granulocytes localized in extramedullary tissues. Chloroma is noted in the course of the acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) during their transformation in the acute leukemias. Due to chloroma infrequency, two cases seen at the Department of Hematology, Medical Academy in Warsaw are presented. A survey of the actual literature is included.

[Accessory pancreas in gastric polyp]. / Trzustka dodatkowa w polipie zoladka.

A case is reported of accessory pancreas in a polyp in the prepyloric part of the stomach. The diagnosis of ectopic pancreas was based on histological examination of the removed polyp. Earlier diagnostic procedures aroused no suspicion of accessory pancreas.