[Myoepitheliomas of the palate].

The authors present a case of myoepithelioma of the palate. Frequency, treatment and pathologic diagnosis of the disease are discussed. A Polish name of the disease is suggested.

[Goodpasture syndrome--diagnostic problems].

This article describes a case of a 44-year-old male patient, with history, of tuberculosis who was admitted to the hospital with high temperature, coughing, haemoptysis, arterial hypertension and end-stage renal failure. In the differential diagnosis of haemoptysis we took into account pneumonia, exacerbation of tuberculosis, pulmonary neoplasm and Goodpasture syndrome. Presence of antibodies against the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and histopathologic examination of biopsy specimen confirmed the diagnosis of Goodpasture syndrome.

Silicoproteinosis of the lung in a 49-year-old man.

We report a rare case of silicosis, histologically corresponding to silicoproteinosis and tuberculosis, in a man working consecutively as a miner, blacksmith and founder. A microscopic study revealed deposits in alveoli, in which immunohistochemistry did not reveal surfactant (SP-A), that was present in the alveolar fluid in alveolar lipoproteinosis.

[Familial LCAT deficiency--clinical picture. Case report].

We report a case of familial LCAT deficiency, diagnosed in a 35 year old women. The disease manifested itself by a presence of proteinuria, corneal opacities and haemolytic anaemia with target cells. Suspecion of familial LCAT deficiency was based on renal biopsy, which revealed characteristic serpiginous fibrillar deposits in electron microscopy.