[Cytologic picture of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland].

The authors present cytological and clinical features of six cases of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. They are quoting a review of the literature about the cytological picture of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid and they draw attention to the advances of immunocytology.

[New aspects of clinico-roentgenological evaluation of manifestations of motility disorders of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction].

After a brief review of motility disorders of the oesophagus and oesophagogastric junction the authors present findings on the instability of the manifestations of impaired motility after a certain time interval in the same patient. These changes have an evolutional character and it is assumed that variants of the same pathological entity are involved. The picture of corkscrew oesophagus develops into a diffuse spasm of the oesophagus and finally into achalasia.

[Significance of angiographic studies in the diagnosis of non-typical epigastric disorders].

The authors analyze the possibilities and importance of angiographic examinations in the clinical differential diagnosis of patients with atypical epigastric complaints. They demonstrate that in congenital anomalies of the arteries tripus Halleri the examinations do not make it possible to assess hypoperfusion of the epigastric organs. Based on data in the literature they point out that there is often disagreement between clinical symptoms and pressure gradients of intravasally angiographically stenoses of the trunk of the coeliac vein found on operation.

[Radiographic diagnosis and clinical significance of developmental anomalies of the celiac trunk].

The author presents case histories of his patients and draws attention to the most frequently occurring developmental anomalies of truncus coeliacus. In addition to variations in the division and course of vessels of Tripus Halleri, there are also frequent hypoplasies of vessels and orificial compressions, caused by anomalous course of ligamentum arcuatum. The author also draws attention to the evaluation of the importance of vascular anomalies from the point of view of hemocirculation changes detected by angiography, used also in clinical practice until recently.

[Angiographic diagnosis of agenesis of the celiac trunk].

The authors refer to a 58-year female patient with truncus coeliacus agenesis. From the branches of tripus Halleri of a. gastrica sin.