[The clinical picture and diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma].

A total of 97 patients with pancreatic carcinoma were examined with sonography, computed tomography of the pancreas and endoscopy of the stomach and duodenum. The tumor involved mainly the head of the pancreas in 69 (71.1%), the body in 21 (21.

[Severe and complicated forms of chronic pancreatitis].

A total of 437 patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) were examined. The authors detected interstitial or acute, parenchymal or recurrent, hyperplastic or pseudotumorous, and cystic variants in 91 (20.8%), 218 (49.

[The classification of chronic pancreatitis].

To make the II Marseilles Classification of Pancreatitis more applicable to everyday clinical practice, a new systemic approach is suggested basing on clinical, laboratory, CT and ultrasound evidence. Upon examination of 182 chronic sufferers with pancreatitis, interstitial--edematous, parenchymatous, fibrous--sclerotic (indurative), hyperplastic (pseudotumorous) and cystic variants of the disease were established in 34.6%, 30%, 21.

[Clinico-instrumental methods in the diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis].

Under analysis were diagnostic possibilities of clinico-instrumental methods in examination of 397 patients with acute pancreatitis. The integral method of examination included a general rentgenological examination, angiography, laparoscopy as well as echography and computer tomography. The reliable diagnostics of acute pancreatitis is known to be very complicated and requires a skillful combination of various research methods.

[Use of computerized tomography and echography in the diagnosis and treatment of abscesses of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space].

An analysis of complex use of computer tomography and echography for diagnostics, aimed biopsy and following measures in 32 patients with foci of purulent infection in organs of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space has been made. In 11 patients with small abscesses not more than 5 cm in diameter percutaneous aimed punctures of the pus cavity were fulfilled followed by the aspiration of the content and introduction of an antibiotic. In 21 patients percutaneous drains were introduced into the abscesses by Seldinger's method or through a trocar.

[Diagnostic and therapeutic punctures in pulmonology].

The paper is concerned with an analysis of combined use of modern methods of diagnostic imaging for spot biopsy and therapeutic manipulations in 274 patients with various chest diseases. Morphological diagnosis was verified in 252 of 274 examined patients (91.9%).

[Isolated amyloidosis of the trachea].

A case of isolated amyloidosis of the trachea in a woman aged 46 was described. The main clinical signs of the disease were dry cough, recurring hemoptysis and hoarseness of the voice. Endoscopy showed disseminated polypoid formations in the trachea.

[Directed percutaneous punctures of pathological liver foci controlled by computed tomography and ultrasound].

In 42 patients with various diseases of the liver 45 aimed percutaneous biopsies were performed. The morphological diagnosis of the disease was verified in 38 of the 42 examined patients (90.5%).

[Spot percutaneous biopsy of the pancreas monitored by computer tomography and ultrasonic examination].

The authors analyse the results of the use of modern methods of morphological verification of a diagnosis in 23 patients with different diseases of the pancreas. The patients were subjected to 26 spot transcutaneous biopsies verified by computer-aided tomography or ultrasonic exploration. The morphological diagnosis was verified in 20 out of the 23 examinees (87%).