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G J Hauser

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PubMed1982

Incidental discovery of asplenia syndrome, with situs inversus and a normal heart by radionuclide biliary imaging. A case report.

Tc-99m biliary imaging was performed on a 34-year-old woman who was being investigated for suspected cholelithiasis. A left-sided liver was detected. On subsequent radionuclide imaging, partial visceral situs inversus and asplenia were demonstrated. Extensive roentgenographic investigation, ECG, echocardiogram, and laparotomy confirmed the radionuclide findings. Asplenia syndrome may exist without cardiovascular abnormalities and thus be undiscovered. Radionuclide imaging is important in the diagnosis of this syndrome.

Adult↗
PubMed1981

Selective IgA deficiency with multiple autoimmune disorders.

A case of an IgA deficient child who developed several autoimmune diseases namely, celiac disease, pernicious anemia, autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura is reported; the possible connections and etiology of these phenomena is briefly discussed. Individuals with selective IgA deficiency should no longer be considered "normal".

Autoimmune Diseases↗
PubMed1980

Autoimmune antibodies after splenectomy.

Sera of 41 splenectomized subjects were tested for presence of autoantibodies by the indirect immunofluorescent method. 11 of them (26%) revealed the presence of one or more types of autoantibodies. Antiheart antibodies were the most common type (9 subjects). The incidence of antibodies was higher in the subjects splenectomized for trauma than in those who underwent elective splenectomy (39 and 25%, respectively). There was no significant difference between the subjects with positive and negative results with respect to mean age at examination, but the positive results tend to occur more frequently in those who underwent splenectomy at younger age. None of the subjects with any type of antibodies suffered from autoimmune disease. Although it is still impossible to evaluate the clinical importance of these findings, they suggest that splenectomy may disturb the regulatory processes in the immune system. We postulate that this is due to the reduction of the number of suppressor T cells for which the spleen is a major pool.

Adolescent↗