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The experiments were to determine if ectopic splenic tissue in humans would restore to normal those antibody responses which are reduced in patients who have been splenectomized. The IgM and IgG antibody response to subcutaneous injection of polyvalent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PNEUMOVAX)
A 28-year-old male medical student underwent splenectomy at 8 years of age due to traumatic rupture of the spleen sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Eighteen years later the patient had major abdominal surgery performed for an unrelated condition and, at the time of surgery, over 100 splenic
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate features of general immune function, in particular the restoration of the humoral immune response to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides, in humans undergoing a spleen autotransplantation after splenectomy because of trauma.
BACKGROUND
After splenectomy, patients have an