Haematopathology of 'Sjögren-mice': histopathological changes in spleens after semiallogeneic cell transfer.

Haematopoietic transplantation chimeras may be readily produced in adult mice, using F1-hybrids of selected inbred strains as recipients and mice from one of the parental strains as donors. We transplanted spleen cells from BALB/c donors into nonirradiateded F1-hybrids of BALB/c and CBA/H-T6. Both female and male recipients developed a primary Sjögren's syndrome-like exocrinopathy without signs of kidney disease.

Proton irradiation of malignant uveal melanoma. A five year follow-up of patients treated in Uppsala, Sweden.

Twenty patients with malignant uveal melanoma were treated at the The Svedbergh cyclotron in Uppsala from 1989 to 1991. Each tumour received a total dose of 54.6 Gy in four equal fractions on four following days.

Photoreceptor allografts in a feline model of retinal degeneration.

Background: Photoreceptor transplants provide a potential means to restore function in a degenerate retina and/or rescue degenerating host photoreceptors by trophic influences. We have examined photoreceptor allografts in the Abyssinian cat model of hereditary photoreceptor degeneration to determine the viability and influence of such transplants on the host retina.

Methods: Small pieces of 3- to 5-day-old normal kitten retina containing undifferentiated photoreceptors were injected into the subretinal space of adult Abyssinian cats at an early stage of retinal degeneration using standard vitreo-retinal surgical techniques.

Increased accuracy in MR diagnosis of uveal melanoma by carbohydrate loading. A simple method that reflects rapid metabolic change.

Purpose: To evaluate patients with clinically diagnosed uveal melanoma.

Material And Methods: Forty-eight consecutive patients were examined with spin-echo (SE) and fast spin-echo (FSE) MR sequences that utilized glucose-fructose enhancement together with a subtraction technique on a 1.5 T unit.

Long-term follow-up of proton irradiated malignant melanoma by glucose-fructose enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.

MR imaging is frequently used to diagnose uveal melanomas due to the characteristic short T2 relaxation time. T2 may be significantly prolonged within 2 h after ingestion of glucose and fructose due to changed water distribution in the melanoma. This method is used to follow melanomas for up to 6 years after proton beam irradiation.