Experimental solutions known to affect mast cells or to cause liberation of histamine from the tissue were introduced into the peritoneal cavity of rats. Samples of the peritoneal fluid were withdrawn at intervals afterward and assayed for histamine and the condition of the mast cells was subsequently ascertained by microscopic examination of stained spreads of the mesenteries. Intraperitoneal ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the CT findings of ruptured corpus luteal cysts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six patients with a surgically proven ruptured corpus luteal cyst were included in this series. The prospective CT findings were retrospectively analyzed in terms of the size and shape of the cyst, the thickness and enhancement pattern of its wall, the attenuation of its contents, and peritoneal fluid...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to estimate the myeloid and lymphoid subpopulation of dendritic cells (DCs) in the peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with ovarian tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 34 patients with serous cystadenocarcinoma and 29 women with serous cystadenoma. Dendritic cells were isolated from peritoneal fluid, stained with monoclonal antibodies anti-BDCA-1 and anti-BDCA-...

A case of tuberculous peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in a 37-year-old man who presented with fever, abdominal pain, and a malfunctioning Tenckhoff catheter is reported. The patient was initially treated for presumed bacterial peritonitis but remained febrile and had persistent abdominal pain and peritoneal fluid pleocytosis, despite broad-spectrum anti...

BACKGROUND A recent survey puts the global dialysis population at 535100; of those on peritoneal dialysis, 85% are on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Current hyperosmolar dialysis fluids are toxic to peritoneal cells and inhibit certain host-defence functions. An alternative preparation, glucose polymer, has recently been developed. METHODS Mesothelial cell viability, interleukin-6...

Aim: We evaluated the treatment outcome of the patients having cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst following ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Materials and Methods: During the period of 1975 to 2005, 392 hydrocephalic patients underwent ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, of these eight developed abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst. The medical records regarding the etiology of hydrocephalus, age of shunt...

Excessive consumption of ethanol (EtOH) suppresses innate immunity, but the mechanisms have not been fully delineated. The present study was conducted to determine whether EtOH suppresses TLR signaling in vivo in mice and to characterize the downstream effects of such suppression. Degradation of IL-1R-associated kinase 1 induced by a TLR3 ligand in peritoneal cells ( approximately 90% macrophag...

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer-related deaths in Western countries. Main reason is that the disease is frequently asymptomatic in its early stage and is found only when cancer has already spread outside the pelvis and disseminated throughout the abdominal cavity. As the disease progress, many EOC patients have accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal c...

Case. A 59-year-old woman was maintained on peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal failure due to primary amyloidosis complicated by acute crescentic glomerulonephritis. She had suffered no previous complications related to peritoneal dialysis. She had a minor fall down two stairs and attended the casualty department on the following day with right hip pain. Her peritoneal dialysis fluid was c...

Leptin is a hormone mainly produced by white adipose cells, and regulates body fat and food intake by acting on hypothalamus. Leptin receptor is expressed not only in the hypothalamus but in a variety of peripheral tissues, suggesting that leptin has pleiotropic functions. In this study, we investigated the effect of leptin on the progression of peritoneal fibrosis induced by intraperitoneal in...