Appendicolithiasis versus urolithiasis

Abstract

An unusual clinical presentation of appendicitis with violent colicky pain as seen classically in urolithiasis is here presented. The pathophysiology of colic and the differential diagnosis of appendicolithiasis is briefly discussed.

Regeneration of the spleen in intact animals and radiation chimeras

“…The presence of even 5% splenic tissue protects the organism from sepsis often developing after splenectomy [8]. The spleen well regenerates after partial splenectomy or splenic tissue transplantation to a splenectomied recipient.…”