[Marchiafava-Bignami disease]

Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) is a rare central nervous system disorder of an unknown etiology strongly associated with alcoholism. MBD primarily affects the corpus callosum leading to confusion, dysarthria, seizures and frequently to death. About 250 cases of different races and nationalities, mostly alcoholics have been reported. We report a single-case study of a 43-year-old woman with the history of severe alcohol abuse, who demonstrated typical picture of Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) with fatal course. We reviewed the literature on cases of MBD.

[The place of galactography in the diagnosis of secreting mamma]

Examinations were carried out in 3,300 women, finding in 210 cases a spontaneous or provoked discharge from one or two breasts. Out of these women 115 patients came for galactographic examination. After the radiological examinations 37 patients were treated surgically including 28 cases with the diagnosis of intraductal hyperplasia, and in this group of patients histopathological examination demonstrated: nine cases of cancer, seven cases of papilloma, seven cases of fibroadenoma, seven cases of benign dysplasia with ductal epithelial hyperplasia, three cases of inflammatory lesions, and one case without pathological changes. The analysis carried out demonstrated that galactographic picture of secreting ducts may suggest a hyperplastic process but determination of its character is possible only in histopathological examination.

[Breast examination in women from the Pałuk region]

Breast examination for early cancer detection in high risk patients are being performed even more frequently in our country and in other ones. Wide availability of mammosonography facilitates such management. X-ray mammography in view of irradiation is less frequently used. An attempt has been undertaken at carrying out breast examinations of a selected Pałuski area. The analysis included 180 women who after carrying out comprehensive breast examination and obtaining of history data were qualified for the group of high risk for breast cancer.

[Value of mammography and sonomammography in the diagnosis of benign breast diseases coexisting with genital pathologic lesions]

In the paper the relationship was analysed between certain gynaecological diseases and benign changes occurring within the breast. The study was carried out in 400 patients and 108 females were subjected to the analysis. In 42 patients in this group histopathological examination was also performed. On the basis of the studies carried out among women in the Bydgoszcz region, a relationship was found between benign changes in the breast and certain genital diseases.