Effect of splenectomy on the morphology of haemolymph splenic nodes in Wistar rats.
METHODS
In 12 Wistar rats the gross and microscopic structure of haemolymph splenic nodes was assessed after splenectomy and the obtained results were compared with those in the control group.


RESULTS
It was found that splenectomy leads to generalised morphological changes of the mentioned nodes, including, among other, their blanching, enlargement, filling with a greater number of morphotic elements and decreased count of erythrocytes and products of their disintegration. The splenic nodes demonstrated no regressive changes, typical of uniorgan nodes. The remaining abdominal non-haemolymph nodes in the rats showed no compensatory changes on gross examination after splenectomy.
Slusarczyk
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Chair and Department of Normal Anatomy, Silesian Medical University, Katowice-Ligota, Poland.
Marniok
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B
Rudnicki
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P
D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors