[A case of Whipple's disease].

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.

[Chloroma--a rare symptom of acute leukemia].

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.

[Accessory pancreas in gastric polyp].

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.