[Carcinoma sebaceum of the upper eyelid--diagnostic problems]. / Carcinoma sebaceum powieki górnej--trudnosci diagnostyczne.

The authors presented a case of a man, 44, with a rare malignant neoplasm of the upper eyelid, diagnosed after its second recurrence as carcinoma sebaceum. At first the lesion was considered to be a chalasion and histopathological diagnosis after the first recurrence was carcinoma spinocellulare. The authors tried to explain the differences between the 2 histopathological examinations and concluded that the clinical course of the case confirmed the necessity of this examination in every atypical recurrent chalasion.

[Two cases of cancer developing from endometriosis in the minor pelvis 5 and 2.5 years after hysterectomy and adnexectomy]. / Dwa przypadki raka rozwijajacego sie na podlozu gruczolistosci w miednicy mniejszej po 5 i 2,5 latach po wycieciu macicy z przydatkami.

In two cases, 5 and 2.5 years after hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy (myomata uteri, bilateral endometrioid cysts and pelvic endometriosis) endometrioid carcinoma developed. Finding out the endometriosis during operation is an indication for precise removing of its residual and following careful examinations over the period of many years.

Results of topical treatment of HPV infection in the uterine cervix using interferon beta, 13-cis-retinoic acid and TFX.

Local treatment was administrated to 130 women, in whom colposcopy, cytology and (if the latter was abnormal) histology pointed to HPV infection in uterine cervix. The best results were obtained with 13-cis-retinoic acid (provitamin A) in conjunction with interferon beta (94.2% cured patients), followed by interferon beta in combination with TFX (90% cured patients) and interferon beta administered alone (88% cured patients).