The effects of unilateral vasodilatation and alterations in the mean arterial pressure upon the renal handling of calcium and magnesium were studied by clearance methods in dogs. Unilateral vasodilatation was produced by infusion of acetylcholine or bradykinin into the left renal artery, while arterial pressure was altered by aortic constriction, carotid occlusion and vagotomy, or by systemic infusion of angiotensin. Urinary electrolyte excretion was increased markedly by the infusion of each vasodilator and also varied directly with the mean arterial pressure, despite the absence of any significant changes in the filtered load. The fractional excretion of both calcium and magnesium correlated significantly with that of sodium. These results indicate that acute changes in renal hemodynamics modify the tubular reabsorption of divalent cations as well as alter sodium reabsorption.

We report a case of systemic intraosseous lipomatosis involving the proximal femur, both ends of the tibia, and the tarsal and metatarsal bones. The lesions progressed during a five-year follow-up with a pathological fracture of the tibial plateau. CT scans were characteristic and helpful in diagnosis but MR imaging added little information. Intraosseous lipomatosis is a hamartomatous malformation due to hyperplasia of adipose tissue, and is fundamentally different from solitary benign intraosseous lipoma. Management involves reconstruction of any pathological fracture. Large progressive lesions should be treated by curettage and grafting in an attempt to prevent such fractures.

Uterus estrogen receptor affinity increases in adult rats if treated with contraceptive, without receptor density change. Uterus estrogen receptor density decreases in adulthood following allylestrenol (Gestanon) treatment perinatally with receptor affinity unchanging. In perinatally allylestrenol treated rats contraceptive treatment resulted in the decrease of receptor affinity and increase of density, related to the only perinatally allylestrenol treated animals. The results draw attention to the fact that contraceptives may influence the estrogen receptor state of the uterus and the pregnancy maintaining treatment (by allylestrenol) may influence the state of uterine estrogen receptors for life via the later effect of contraceptives commonly dosed.