[Reminiscences on the occasion of the Whipple's disease centenary: a summary paper].

The disease referred to eponymically as Whipple's disease (WD) in medical literature was thoroughly described by the American physician and pathologist George Hoyot Whipple (1878-1976) in 1907 and given a temporary denomination of "intestinal lipodystrophy". According to literature, WD is rare, but its precise incidence has not yet been established. Familial incidence of the disease is acknowledged, and its immunogenetic pathogenesis is assumed.

[Adrenal incidentalomas. Clinical experience].

In the course of two years the authors treated 27 patients with incidentally detected adrenal tumours. Detailed morphological and laboratory examination revealed four cases of non-classical late type adrenogenital syndrome (AGS) and two pheochromocytomas. From the submitted paper ensues that it is essential to provide interdisciplinary comprehensive treatment in departments which have sufficient experience with this problem.

[Radical surgery of stage II primary nonresectable colonic tumors].

The authors present an account on six patients with a primarily non-resectable tumour of the colon where radical resections were made in the second stage. Based on their experience they recommend an active approach to patients with primarily non-resectable tumours of the colon who have no signs of dissemination of the tumour. In these patients they recommend not only dispensarisation but also adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy.