Aortic rupture during reoperative bariatric surgery

Morbid obesity has become a very common problem worldwide, causing severe health-related consequences including cardiovascular or metabolic diseases, arthritis, sleep apnea, or an increased risk of cancer. Bariatric surgery was shown to be the only way to achieve sustainable weight loss and to decrease the frequency and severity of metabolic and cardiovascular comorbidities. The purpose of this article is to present a case of bariatric surgery complicated with lesion of the aorta with a lethal outcome.     

Blastic Transformation of Mouse Spleen Lymphocytes by a Water-Soluble Mitogen Extracted from Nocardia

A water-soluble extract of Nocardia markedly increased in vitro [(3)H]thymidine incorporation by mouse spleen lymphocytes. The blastogenic activity of the extract and lipopolysaccharide was studied comparatively on various mouse lymphocyte subpopulations. The data obtained by [(3)H]thymidine incorporation and by electron microscopy have demonstrated that this preparation stimulates selectively mouse bone-marrow-derived cortisone-sensitive lymphocytes. This stimulation is related neither to a natural infection of mice with Nocardia organisms nor to the presence in Nocardia water-soluble mitogen of a lipopolysaccharide contaminant or of a lipopolysaccharide-like material.