HUMAN SPLEEN AS REVEALED BY SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY
HUMAN SPLEEN AS REVEALED BY SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY
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DOI:
10.1002/ajh.2830010209
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
12.8
通讯作者:
LUSHER, JM
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作者:
BARNHART, MI;LUSHER, JM
The 3-dimensional world of the spleen was explored by scanning EM on both arterially perfused and nonperfused specimens, as well as on plastic corrosion casts of splenic vasculatures. Of 25 spleens studied, 18 were examples of hypersplenism. These were contrasted to 7 essentially normal spleens taken from children being staged for treatment of Hodgkin''s disease whose spleens proved to be uninvolved in the pathologic process. Splenic sinuses in all 25 spleens were typified by a degree of porosity. RBC [red blood cells] were caught in the act of entering sinuses from splenic cords. These sinus windows represented one end of an open circulation pathway. In casts of microvasculature, direct arteriovenous connections were demonstrated, establishing an anatomical basis for an often disputed closed circulation pathway. Spleens from 7 patients with hereditary spherocytosis had a super abundance of red pulp. Splenic cords were thickened and crowded with spherocytes, many of which presented slightly wrinkled membranes, as were also noted on the peripheral blood RBC. It is possible that these membrane features were unique for HS and reflected the intrinsic membrane abnormality in protein composition. The 7 spleens from chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura had white pulp as the predominant region. Germinal centers were frequent. Lymphocytes and plasma cells with well-developed microvilli were suggestive that release of antiplatelet antibody might be occurring in white pulp. Platelets were especially notable in peripheral white pulp and marginal zones. Platelet clumps were observed, generally adjacent to splenic macrophages.