[Primary thyroid lymphoma. Report of four cases].

Primary thyroid lymphoma is uncommon and usually of non-Hodgkin type. We report four female patients with thyroid lymphoma. An 81 year-old patient that was operated and received three cycles of chemotherapy and was lost from follow up.

[Pancreatic exocrine function in diabetes mellitus. Determination of fecal elastase].

Background: One of the complications of diabetes mellitus is the development of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.

Aim: To study pancreatic exocrine function in diabetics patients.

Material And Methods: Seventy two diabetic patients were included in the protocol, but two were withdrawn because an abdominal CAT scan showed a chronic calcified pancreatitis, previously undiagnosed.