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E Rosenmann

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Experimental allergic sialoadenitis. VIII. Acute parotitis following intraductal instillation of antiserum to salivary antigens in the rat.

Antiserum to ammonium sulphate-soluble proteins of rat saliva was raised in rabbits. The introduction of this antiserum, via the excretory duct, into the parotid gland of rats induced severe acute sialoadentis. It is suggested that the inflammatory response developed as a result of formation of immune complexes, composed of acinar epithelial antigens and the antibodies introduced from without.

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Alpha-fetoprotein and liver cell proliferation in rats fed choline-deficient diet.

Liver 3H-thymidine labelling index and serum AFP were determined in rats fed a standard laboratory or choline deficient diet. A significant increase in the rate of liver cell proliferation was evidenced in animals on the deficient diet. Furthermore, elevated serum AFP levels were detected in a proportion of these rats. It is suggested that increased synthesis of AFP corresponds to liver cell regeneration secondary to hepatic damage.

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Neurofibromatosis and hypertension.

A case of generalized neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease) associated with hypertension is presented. Adequate repair of the unilateral main artery stenosis did not result in cure of the hypertension because of diffuse neurofibromatous lesions of the smaller renal vessels. Review of the literature reveals that neurofibromatosis of the large and small renal vessels should be suspected in every hypertensive patient with these lesions below the age of eighteen. In view of the fact that vascular neurofibromatosis is a dynamic and spreading disease, surgery of the renal vessels should be reconstructive as much as possible.

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Correlation of selective angiography and pathology in cavernous hemangioma of the kidney.

Angiographic and pathologic findings are presented and correlated in a case of renal cavernous hemangioma, and considered in relation to 3 other cases published previously. A normal angiogram does not exclude a cavernous hemangioma. Those tumors with a large arterial component may be demonstrated in the arterial phase of the angiogram. A discrete tumor may show an area of hypovascularity by displacing normal renal tissue but a diffuse cavernous hemangioma is likely to yield a normal angiogram.

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Mycobacterium marinum skin infections mimicking cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Ten cases of skin infection due to Mycobacterium marinum are reported from Israel. Most of the infections were contracted in natural bathing pools at Ein Feshka on the shores of the Dead Sea, south of Jericho. The lesions closely resembled those of cutaneous leishmaniasis prevalent in this region. The condition does not seem to have been detected previously in the Middle East.

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The role of hypovolemic stress in the production of fat embolism in rabbits. 1. Morphologic alterations of the lungs.

In rabbits, an experimental model of fat embolism was produced that simulates the course of events in the clinical situation. Small doses of fat-cell suspension (0.075 ml/kg of body weight), prepared by collagenase treatment of homologous adipose tissue, were injected intravenously. Concomitantly, hypovolemia was produced in two animal groups by either withdrawing 20 percent of the estimated blood volume or by application of a hind-limb ischemic tourniquet for 90 minutes. The presence of pathoanatomic characteristics typical of fat embolism was evaluated by recording lung/body weights, macroscopic appearance, and semiquantitative microscopic estimation in the lungs of edema, hemorrhage, atelectasis, intravascular coagulation, and leukocytic thrombi. Mean indices of lung/body weight were higher in all animals receiving injections of fat-cell suspension, as compared to controls. The score for microscopic generalized pulmonary damage was significantly higher in rabbits exposed to both fat-cell injections and hypovolemia than in controls or after fat-cell injections alone. It is concluded that hypovolemia enhances the development of fat embolism in rabbits subjected to small doses of fat-cell suspension.

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The role of hypovolemic stress in the production of fat embolism in rabbits. 2. Changes in arterial blood gas levels and static compliance.

The purpose of this study was to assess the possible role of hypovolemia as a factor in the production of impaired pulmonary function in pulmonary fat embolizaiton. Iv vivo static lung compliance was measured by inflating the lungs with known volumes of air and recording the transpulmonary pressure, monitoring intraesophageal pressure as an index of intrapleural pressure. Arterial blood was drawn from the central artery of the ear. Embolization was produced by the intravenous injection of homologous fat cells either as the sole experimental procedure or in conjunction with hypovolemic shock. Two types of shock were studied. In one, 20 percent of the blood volume was removed, producing hypovolemia associated with hemodilution, and in the other a tourniquet was applied to induce hypovolemia and hemoconcentration. The results indicate that embolization is associated with significantly greater impairment of pulmonary function if it develops on a background of shock than if it occurs in an otherwise healthy animal. These pathophysiologic findings parallel the results of a morphologic study.

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Experimental allergic sialoadenitis. IX. The regional lymph nodes after antigenic challenges of the parotid glands in rats.

The regional lymph nodes of the parotid gland of rats were examined histologically. The nodes were removed from untreated animals or rats given instillations of BSA or saline into the parotid duct. Anti-BSA antibodies were assessed in the saliva and serum. Patterns of reactivity of the lymph nodes did not correlate with the presence or absence of salivary and serum antibodies. The occurrence of antibodies in the saliva appears to reflect the activity of immunocytes residing in the parotid gland. The morphological features of the lymph nodes correspond to the overall immunological experience.

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Tritiated thymidine uptake by glomerular cells in proliferative glomerulonephritis of the rat.

A small but significant number of tritiated thymidine labelled cells were found, by autoradiography, in the glomeruli of rats with Masugi nephritis or chronic serum sickness nephritis. There were no labelled glomerular cells in sections of untreated animals. The findings favour the contention that in proliferative glomerulonephritis, glomerular hypercellularity is due to infiltration of monocytic cells into the tufts where they divide.

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Tissue antigens in the saliva of rats. Demonstration of salivary gland specific and nonspecific antigens.

Antisera were raised in rabbits against the half-saturated ammonium sulfate soluble fraction of rat saliva. With these antisera, at least four antigens were demonstrated by immunodiffusion in the saliva and in a saline extract of the parotid gland; three of these antigens were also found in a saline extract of the submaxillary gland. Two of the four antigens were salivary gland specific, the other two being shared by the liver,pancreas and testis. The immunofluorescent pattern indicates that these antigens originate from the acinar epithelium of the salivary glands and probably constitute products of secretion and/or cellular turnover.

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Antibodies in the saliva after antigenic challenge of the parotid gland of systemically sensitized rats.

Anti-BSA antibodies were detected in the parotid saliva of untreated rats. In non-sensitized animals, the parotid duct of which was repeatedly instilled with saline or BSA, the antibody titers rose significantly. Introduction of BSA into the parotid gland of sensitized animals was followed by a significant rise in salivary but not in circulating antibodies. The findings demonstrate the relative independence of the local from the systemic immune system.

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Chromatin-positive Klinefelter's syndrome with undetectable peripheral FSH levels.

An 18 year old phenotypic man is described with chromatin-positive Klinefelter's syndrome and undetectable peripheral human follicle stimulating hormone levels. The subject manifested chromosomal mosaicism consisting of three stem cell lines (45X; 46XY; and 47XXY). Testicular biopsy specimen showed germinal cell aplasia: the tubules were lined by Sertoli cells only, whereas the Leydig cells appeared normal. Serum human follicle stimulating hormone levels were undetectable and rose to only 5 mIU/ml after the administration of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone. Serum human luteinizing hormone varied between normal and moderately elevated values, and serum testosterone was in the low normal range. We discuss the features which distinguish this syndrome from isolated gonadotropin deficiency and from classic germinal cell aplasia. We suggest that the patient represents a new variant of Klinefelter's syndrome, with failure of human follicle stimulating hormone release secondary to prolonged hypersecretion.

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Evaluation of differential renal function studies in segmental renal artery occlusion.

3 patients with suspected renal segmental ischaemia are presented. In 2 of them segmental renal artery stenosis was demonstrated radiographically and the differential renal function studies predicted the outcome of surgery accurately. In the last patient no segmental renal artery stenosis was demonstrated on angiography, and surgery did not benefit this patient in spite of positive differential renal function studies for "curable" renal segmental ischaemia. Some haemodynamic aspects, as expressed by the differential renal function studies, are discussed.

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