Acute abdomen caused by brucellar hepatic abscess.

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection that is transmitted from animals to humans by ingestion of infected food products, direct contact with an infected animal, or aerosol inhalation. The disease is endemic in many countries, including the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East, India, Mexico, Central and South America and, central and southwest Asia. Human brucellosis is a systemic infection with a wide clinical spectrum.

The effectiveness of splenic autotransplantation: an experimental study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of spleen autotransplantation on immunity and to examine the viability of autotransplanted spleen tissue.

Methods: Three groups were assigned and following operations were performed in twenty New Zealand rabbits. 1st group: sham laparotomy, 2nd group: splenectomy and 3rd group: splenectomy and splenic autotransplantation.