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Tamarozzi F, Fittipaldo VA, Orth HM, Richter J, Buonfrate D, Riccardi N, Gobbi FG. Diagnosis and clinical management of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: A scoping review of the literature. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009191. [PMID: 33764979 PMCID: PMC7993612 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS) is a disease caused by chronic infection with Schistosma spp. parasites residing in the mesenteric plexus; portal hypertension causing gastrointestinal bleeding is the most dangerous complication of this condition. HSS requires complex clinical management, but no specific guidelines exist. We aimed to provide a comprehensive picture of consolidated findings and knowledge gaps on the diagnosis and treatment of HSS. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We reviewed relevant original publications including patients with HSS with no coinfections, published in the past 40 years, identified through MEDLINE and EMBASE databases. Treatment with praziquantel and HSS-associated pulmonary hypertension were not investigated. Of the included 60 publications, 13 focused on diagnostic aspects, 45 on therapeutic aspects, and 2 on both aspects. Results were summarized using effect direction plots. The most common diagnostic approaches to stratify patients based on the risk of variceal bleeding included the use of ultrasonography and platelet counts; on the contrary, evaluation and use of noninvasive tools to guide the choice of therapeutic interventions are lacking. Publications on therapeutic aspects included treatment with beta-blockers, local management of esophageal varices, surgical procedures, and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. Overall, treatment approaches and measured outcomes were heterogeneous, and data on interventions for primary prevention of gastrointestinal bleeding and on the long-term follow-up after interventions were lacking. CONCLUSIONS Most interventions have been developed on the basis of individual groups' experiences and almost never rigorously compared; furthermore, there is a lack of data regarding which parameters can guide the choice of intervention. These results highlight a dramatic need for the implementation of rigorous prospective studies with long-term follow-up in different settings to fill such fundamental gaps, still present for a disease affecting millions of patients worldwide.
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- Francesca Tamarozzi
- Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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Surendran A, Smith M, Houli N, Usatoff V, Spelman D, Choi J. Splenic autotransplantation: a systematic review. ANZ J Surg 2019; 90:460-466. [PMID: 31576640 DOI: 10.1111/ans.15383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Splenectomy is a surgical procedure indicated in a variety of medical conditions including trauma. Post-operatively, there is a lifelong risk of developing overwhelming sepsis from encapsulated bacteria, most commonly due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Splenic autotransplantation has been proposed as a method to recover splenic function in patients requiring splenectomy with otherwise normal spleens. This study aims to systematically review the literature to determine the efficacy of spleen autotransplantation. METHODS MEDLINE, PubMed and the Cochrane Library were searched for all studies assessing splenic autotransplantation (January 1947 to July 2018). Data were extracted on study characteristics, outcomes assessed, including spleen scintigraphy results, blood film counts and serum immunoglobulin (Ig) levels. RESULTS Data were obtained from 18 primary studies. All studies demonstrated return of regenerated spleen tissue in the majority of their patients (95.3%) on spleen scintigraphy. In 12 studies, 90.2% of patients had blood films return to normal following transplantation. Ig levels were shown to return to normal in all 12 studies where it was assessed. In 11 studies, 3.7% of patients had post-operative complications. In five studies, 1.3% of patients had post-operative infections in the follow-up period. CONCLUSION Splenic autotransplantation is a safe procedure with minimal complications that can return splenic filtration function and Ig levels to normal ranges. It has not been confirmed whether autotransplantation provides meaningful protection against overwhelming post-splenectomy infections.
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Surgery, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Surgery, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Surgery, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Surgery, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Jafari H, Iranpour P, Haseli S. Renal pseudomass: be aware of splenorenal fusion. BMJ Case Rep 2018; 2018:bcr-2018-226652. [PMID: 30420563 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Splenosis is the heterotopic implantation of splenic tissue that usually occurs in a previous major abdominal trauma or splenectomy setting. However, splenorenal fusion is an uncommon entity, categorised as a developmental anomaly. There have been several confirmed cases in the literature. Despite some helpful imaging features, it can be easily misdiagnosed as a neoplastic renal mass, resulting in unnecessary nephrectomy. Here we presented a case of splenorenal fusion in an elderly female patient, which was initially misdiagnosed as renal cell carcinoma in sonography. More specific imaging modalities and biopsy are helpful in suggesting the correct diagnosis.
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- Hamed Jafari
- Department of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, The Islamic Republic of Iran.,Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, The Islamic Republic of Iran.,Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, The Islamic Republic of Iran.,Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Araújo NC, Orlando MMC, Neves MB, Rioja SS, de Lucena SBG, Mandarim-de-Lacerda CA. Howell-Jolly bodies and liver-spleen scanning for assessment of splenic filtrative function yields discordant results in renal transplant recipients. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017; 96:e9242. [PMID: 29390481 PMCID: PMC5758183 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Given discrepancies between methods for diagnosing hyposplenism, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the spleen size on the correlation between the methods, and to propose a model for improving the interpretation. Patients with renal allografts were included, in whom the spleen was assessed using Doppler ultrasound, scintiscan, and the presence of Howell-Jolly bodies (HJBs) in peripheral smears. In 35 subjects, scintiscan and HJBs were normal (Group 0); 20 had an abnormal result in both methods (Group 1); 34 had discordant results with HJBs present (Group 2); and 14 had discordant results with decreased spleen uptake (Group 3). There was no association between HJBs and scintiscan. The patients of Groups 1 and 2 had smaller spleens. The patients with smaller spleen had more hematological evidence of hyposplenism and exhibit smaller discrepancies between the methods than patients with larger spleen. The spleen can tip the balance from a normal to impaired function provided that the spleen size is below the critical mass required to maintain splenic function. A mild impairment of phagocytic function and slight dyserythropoiesis along with a small spleen would result in decreased take up of radiocolloid or the appearance of HJBs in blood smears.
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Late splenosis evaluation after autoimplantation of spleen morsels in major omentum in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis patients using SPECT/CT imaging. Clin Nucl Med 2012; 37:372-3. [PMID: 22391708 DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0b013e31823ea497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Brandt CT, de Castro CMMB, de Lavor SML, de Castro FMM. [Phagocytes rate and cellular viability of the monocytes in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni who underwent splenectomy and auto-implantation of spleen tissue]. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2007; 39:439-45. [PMID: 17160320 DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000500004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2005] [Accepted: 08/10/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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Mansonic schistosomiasis remains a medical-social issue in Northeastern Brazil. In children, surgical treatment includes splenectomy and spleen autoimplantation. This procedure reduces post-splenectomy sepsis. The aim of this study was to analyze the phagocyte rate and the cellular viability of monocytes in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, who underwent splenectomy and spleen autoimplantation from 1991 to 2001. Of the 22 individuals analyzed, 11 were patients who underwent splenectomy and spleen autoimplantation (Study group) and 11 were healthy individuals from the same region (Control group). Both groups presented similar mean age. No difference was found in the phagocyte rate between the control group (36.1%+/-4.9%) and study group (33.5%+/-5.7%). However, phagocyte viability after stimulation with lipopolysaccharide was higher (94%) in control group, when compared to the study group (65%), p<0.001. It is possible to hypothesize that monocytes from the study group patients presented a reduced response to the microorganism challenge, in the face of a harmful and long-lasting stimulus.
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Ferreira FG, Forte WCN, Assef JC, De Capua A. Effect of esophagogastric devascularization with splenectomy on schistossomal portal hypertension patients' immunity. ARQUIVOS DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA 2007; 44:44-8. [PMID: 17639182 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032007000100010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 07/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment of hemorrhagic complication in schistosomal portal hypertension in our hospital is an esophagogastric devascularization procedure with splenectomy. Infectious risks and immunological alterations imputed to splenectomy may have significant importance. To minimize the consequences of spleen absence, the use of subtotal splenectomy and spleen auto-transplantation were stimulated. AIM: To verify the immunologic alterations imposed by this procedure in our patients. METHOD: Twenty-eight patients with schistosomal portal hypertension and previous history of upper digestive bleeding due to esophagogastric varices rupture underwent elective esophagogastric devascularization and splenectomy. They were prospectively studied before esophagogastric devascularization procedure with splenectomy, 15 and 30 days, 3 and 6 months after the procedure. T and B-lymphocytes, CD4 and CD8 subpopulations were determinated by monoclonal antibodies. Immunoglobulins A, M, G and C3, C4 components of the complement were determinated by radial immunodiffusion. RESULTS: We observed important reduction of all immune cells, increase of IgG and normal levels of IgM, IgA, C3 and C4 at preoperative. CD4/CD8 relation was normal. Six months after esophagogastric devascularization procedure with splenectomy, significant increase in T-lymphocytes, CD4, CD8 and B-lymphocytes were observed. CD4/CD8 relation remained normal. We noted significant increase in C3. IgA, IgM, IgG and C4 had increased, but without significant difference. CONCLUSION: Esophagogastric devascularization procedure with splenectomy determines an increase in T and B-lymphocytes, CD4 and CD8 subpopulations without compromising immunoglobulins and components of complement levels.
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- Fabio Gonçalves Ferreira
- Liver and Portal Hypertension Unit, Surgery Department, Santa Casa Medical School and Hospital, São Paulo, SP.
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Brandt CT, Leite CRC, Manhaes-de-Castro FM, Macedo ÉMCD, Silva RPP, Castro CMMBD. Níveis de superóxido dismutase produzidos por monócitos em portadores de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica submetidos a esplenectomia, ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda e auto-implante de tecido esplênico no omento maior. Rev Col Bras Cir 2007. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-69912007000100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJETIVO: Investigar os níveis de produção de SOD por monócitos periféricos em pacientes jovens portadores de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica submetidos à esplenectomia, ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda e auto-implante de tecido esplênico. MÉTODO: Quatro grupos foram envolvidos na investigação: G1 - 12 portadores de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica (EHE) sem tratamento; G2 - 13 portadores de EHE que receberam tratamento clínico e se submeteram à operação para descompressão do sistema porta: esplenectomia e ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda (EHE/ELGE); G3 - 19 pacientes jovens similares a G2, mas que receberam também auto-implante de tecido esplênico no omento maior (EHE/ELGE/AI); e G4 - 15 indivíduos sem infecção pelo S. mansoni advindos da mesma área geográfica, apresentando as mesmas condições sócio-econômicas (GC). RESULTADOS: Os indivíduos normais (GC - sem esquistossomose) apresentam níveis de SOD significantemente menores que os portadores de EHE sem tratamento (p<0,01); e aqueles do grupo EHE/ELGE (p<0,05). Os níveis de SOD do grupo EHE/ELGE/AI são estatisticamente similares ao grupo GC (p>0,05). CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados corroboram a hipótese de que o tratamento clínico associado à esplenectomia, ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda e auto-implante de tecido esplênico, em portadores jovens de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica, tendem a manter a resposta imune desses indivíduos.
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Brandt CT, Leite CRC, Manhaes-de-Castro FM, Macedo EMCD, Silva RPP, Castro CMMBD. Nitric oxide monocyte production levels in patients with the hepatosplenic form of Scistosoma mansoni infection who underwent splenectomy, ligature of the left gastric vein and auto implantation of spleen tissue in the major omentum. Acta Cir Bras 2006; 21:285-90. [PMID: 16981030 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502006000500004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2006] [Accepted: 06/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE: To measure the levels of NO production by monocytes in patients with the hepatosplenic form of schistosomiasis mansoni who underwent splenectomy, ligature of the left gastric vein and auto implantation of spleen tissue in the major omentum. METHODS: Four groups of volunteers were enrolled in the investigation: G1 - 12 patients with S. mansoni infection in its hepatosplenic form without any kind of treatment (SMH); G2 - 13 SMH patients who underwent medical treatment and portal hypertension decompression splenectomy and ligature of the left gastric vein (SMH/SLGV); G3 - 19 patients similar to the later group, but additionally received auto implantation of spleen morsels in the major omentum (SMH/SLGV/AI); and G4 - 15 individuals with no S. mansoni infection coming from the same geographical area and presenting similar socio economical status (CG). Nitrite production by monocytes was determined by a standard Griess reaction adapted to microplates. The results were presented by mean ± SD for each group. Significant differences in NO production by monocytes were determined by Tukey-Kramer multicomparisons test. Probability values of 0.05 were considered significant. RESULTS: Patients from G1 (SMH) showed lower level of NO production by monocytes (5.28 ± 1.28µmol/ml). Patients from G2 (SMH/SLGV) showed similar results (6.67 ± 0.44µmol/ml - q = 2.681 p > 0.05). Individuals of G4 (CG) showed higher level of NO production by monocytes (8.19 ± 2.74µmol/ml). Patients from G3 (SMH/SGLV/AI) showed similar NO production by PBMC as compared to individuals of G4 (CG) - (7.41 ± 1.65µmol/ml - q = 1.615 p > 0.05). The volunteers from G4 (CG) and G3 (SMH/SLGV/AI) showed significantly greater levels of NO production by monocytes as compared to those from G1 (SMH) - (q = 5.837 p < 0.01, and q = 4.285 p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Collectively, the results point to a restoration of NO normal production by monocytes in SHM patients who underwent medical and surgical treatments, especially in those who had received auto implantation of spleen tissue in the major omentum after splenectomy and ligature of the left gastric vein. The data gives further support to the hypothesis that this additional procedure is important in the restoration of the immune response of these patients, since NO synthesis by the monocytes correlates with protective immunity against infection; thus, protecting them against overwhelming post splenectomy infection.
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- Carlos Teixeira Brandt
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
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Jiang HC, Gao Y, Dai WJ, Sun B, Xu J, Qiao HQ, Meng QH, Wu CJ. Ten-year experience with living related donated splenic transplantation for the treatment of hemophilia A. Transplant Proc 2006; 38:1483-90. [PMID: 16797339 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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AIM Six cases of hemophilia A treated with living related donated splenic transplantation (LRDST) were performed over 10 years. METHODS We reviewed the six consecutive cases of LRDST from 1992 to 2002. Three patients received whole spleen allografts and the other three, partial spleen allografts. All allografts were transplanted to the extraperitoneal space in the right iliac fossa by an end-to-end anastomosis between the splenic artery and the internal iliac artery and an end-to-side anastomosis between the splenic vein and the external (or common) iliac vein. After the operation, a combined regimen with cyclosporine, azathioprine, anti-lymphocyte globulin, OKT3, was administered to suppress the immune reaction. RESULTS The functional period of the allografts varied between 30 days to 4 years. Patient factor-VIII (F-VIII) levels rose from less than 5% before operation to 15% to 56% postoperatively. One patient died from central nervous system complications. Another lost his graft because exogenous F-VIII was not supplemented in timely fashion at the onset of rejection. And the third could no longer afford the expensive immunosuppressive drugs at 2 years after the operation and eventually lost the spleen. The remaining three patients presently have regained self-support, among whom one has survived for 4 years. CONCLUSION Though the sample pool is relatively small, our clinical observations tend to confirm LRDST as a feasible, effective treatment for hemophilia A.
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- H C Jiang
- Department of General Surgery, First Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People' Republic of China
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de Souza JCL, Athiê E, Marigo C, Rahal F, Fagundes DJ. Estudo da regeneração esplênica autóloga e heterotópica em ratos. Acta Cir Bras 2005; 20:253-7. [PMID: 16033186 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502005000300011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJETIVO: estudar a regeneração esplênica dos fragmentos de baço autólogos e heterotópicos implantados na cavidade peritoneal e na tela subcutânea em ratos e comparar os seus aspectos histológicos e citológicos com baço normal. MÉTODOS: 44 ratos Wistar foram submetidos a esplenectomia e receberam fragmentos de auto-implante: GA = na tela subcutânea (n=22) e GB na cavidade peritoneal (n=22). GAI (n=11) e GAII (n=11) receberam implante de fragmento único. GBIII (n=11) e GBIV (n=11) receberam implantes de quatro fragmentos. O baço remanescente foi usado como controle. Após 5 semanas de foram submetidos à eutanásia e foram investigados os aspectos macroscópicos e microscópicos (histológicos e citológicos) dos fragmentos nos seus locais de implante. Os resultados foram submetidos a testes estatísticos não paramétricos(p>0,05). RESULTADOS: Não houve diferença estatística significante entre o grupo que recebeu implante na tela subcutânea (n=22) e o grupo da cavidade peritoneal (n=22). Quanto à presença ou ausência de tecidos esplênicos regenerados (p=0,182), também não apresentou diferença com significância estatística. Os estudos histológicos e citológicos do tecido regenerado não evidenciaram diferenças em relação ao grupo controle. CONCLUSÃO: A regeneração do tecido esplênico autólogo e heterotópico em ratos ocorre nas mesmas proporções tanto na tela subcutânea como na cavidade peritoneal. Os aspectos histológicos e citológicos são semelhantes aos do baço normal.
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Brandt CT, Leite CRC, Manhaes-de-Castro R, Brandt Filho C, Manhaes-de-Castro FM, Barbosa-de-Castro CMM. Avaliação do efeito da esplenectomia e auto-implante esplênico sobre algumas funções de monócitos em crianças com esquistossomose mansônica. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2005; 38:38-42. [PMID: 15717093 DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000100008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Investigamos em portadores de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica após esplenectomia com ou sem auto-implante esplênico: índice de aderência, produção de superóxido (SP) e de TNF-alfa em monócitos, tratados ou não com tuftsina. Avaliamos três grupos: voluntários sadios CG (grupo controle) (n=12); esplenectomizados com auto-implante AG (n=18) e esplenectomizados sem auto-implante WAG (n=9). Índice de aderência e TNF-alfa não diferiram entre os grupos. SP foi semelhante em CG e AG na 1ª hora após estimulação celular. SP foi maior em todos intervalos de tempo nos grupos CG e AG, comparados ao WAG. O tratamento com tuftsina recuperou o padrão de normalidade de SP em AG, com aumento da 1ª para a 2ª hora nos níveis do CG. O tratamento com tuftsina não alterou SP em WAG, permanecendo reduzida em todos intervalos. O auto-implante esplênico parece recuperar e manter os parâmetros imunológicos avaliados, que têm participação importante na resposta do hospedeiro às infecções.
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- Carlos T Brandt
- Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE
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Brandt CT, Leite CRC, de-Castro CMMB, Manhães-de-Castro R, Brandt Filho C. Esquitossomose mansônica hepatoesplênica humana: produção de TNF-alfa em monócitos. Rev Col Bras Cir 2003. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-69912003000600008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJETIVO: Investigar os níveis de liberação de TNF-alfa?em cultura de monócitos em portadores humanos da forma hepatoesplênica de esquistossomose mansônica. MÉTODO: Foram incluídos aleatoriamente, no estudo, 39 voluntários de idades variando entre 15 e 31 anos, 19 homens e 20 mulheres, divididos em três grupos. Grupo 1 (GC) 12 indivíduos sadios, sem esquistossomose. Grupo 2 (AI) 18 indivíduos portadores de esquistossomose mansônica na forma hepatoesplênica, que tinham se submetido a esplenectomia, ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda e auto-implante de tecido esplênico no omento maior, quando tinham idades entre 7 e 16 anos. Esses pacientes receberam oxaminiquine na dose de 20mg/kg 30 dias antes do procedimento cirúrgico. O seguimento médio atual é de cerca de 8 anos. Grupo 3 - pacientes esplenectomizados sem auto-implante esplênico (ESAI) constituído de nove adultos jovens que tinham se submetido à esplenectomia sem auto-implante esplênico e desconexão ázigo-porta. Os pacientes esquistossomóticos dos grupos 2 e 3 tiveram confirmação dessa doença pela presença de fibrose de Symmers nas biópsias hepáticas realizadas durante o ato cirúrgico. Foram colhidos 6 ml de sangue periférico de cada um dos voluntários incluídos no presente estudo, cujos monócitos foram separados por centrifugação e cultivados no meio de cultura CultilabÒ). Amostras de 100ml do sobrenadante da cultura de monócitos (10(6) células/ml), de cada indivíduo dos três grupos, eram colhidos para determinação das concentrações de TNF-alfa. Essa concentração era mensurada pelo estudo colorimétrico de ELISA para citocinas (QuanticininasTM - Sistema R&D), após 4 horas de estimulação com PMA e incubação, em uma atmosfera úmida com 5% de CO² a 37ºC. RESULTADOS: As concentrações de TNF-alfa? não diferiram significantemente nos três grupos estudados [(GC 135,0 ± 51,6 pg/ml; AI 97,0 ± 25,4 pg/ml e ESAI 107,0 ±. 52,1 pg/ml) - ANOVA, F = 0,210; p = 0,813]. CONCLUSÃO: Os achados contribuem para hipótese de que após esplenectomia com ou sem auto-implante esplênico a função dos monócitos, com relação a produção de TNF-alfa, mantém-se preservada.
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Brandt CT, Leite CRC, Manhães-de-Castro R, Brandt Filho C, Castro CMMBD. Aderência e atividade microbicida de monócitos em portadores de esquistossomose mansônica na forma hepatoesplênica cirúrgica. Acta Cir Bras 2003. [DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502003000200011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
A cirurgia nas crianças portadoras de esquistossomose mansônica inclui esplenectomia, ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda e o auto-implante de tecido esplênico no omento maior. A eficácia desse procedimento pode ser responsável pelo desaparecimento da sepse fulminante pós-esplenectomia (SFPE) neste tipo de paciente. Esta condição é atribuída à diminuição de IgM, de linfócitos circulantes, de properdina e ausência de tuftsina, o que conduz a deficiência da atividade das células macrófágicas, que são responsáveis pela aderência à bactéria, fagocitose e destruição das mesmas. OBJETIVO: Analisar os aspectos funcionais dos monócitos destes pacientes, operados quando crianças, no Serviço de Cirurgia Geral da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da UFPE, entre 1991 a 2000. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados os índices de aderência in vitro dos monócitos e a geração do ânion superóxido (O2-), em três grupos. O 1º, auto-implante (AI), constituído por 18 portadores de esquistossomose mansônica na forma hepatoesplênica, submetidos a esplenectomia, ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda e auto-implante de tecido esplênico no omento maior; o 2º, (ESP), formado por nove pacientes similares, submetidos a esplenectomia e desconexão ázigo-portal, e o 3º,(CT), constituído por 12 adolescentes sadios, oriundos da mesma condição sócio-econômica-geográfica. RESULTADOS: Não houve diferença no índice de aderência entre os três grupos. Os monócitos dos pacientes do grupo AI tiveram a geração de O2- semelhante à dos indivíduos do grupo CT, e significantemente maior do que os pacientes do grupo ESP. CONCLUSÕES: Os monócitos dos portadores de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica submetidos a esplenectomia, ligadura da veia gástrica esquerda e auto-implante de tecido esplênico no omento maior se mostram funcionalmente similares aos de indivíduos normais da mesma condição sócio-econômica-geográfica.
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