The clinical efficacy of granulocyte transfusions: Studies on the oral cavity
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Hematology
- Vol. 35 (5) , 405-414
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00996627
Abstract
Patients with severe granulocytopenia of different origin received granulocyte transfusions. The migration and phagocytic ability of the transfused granulocytes in the oral cavity (“orogranulocytes”) served as a parameter for measuring the viability of the granulocytes in vivo. There was no difference between granulocytes collected by continuous flow centrifugation and those collected by filtration leukapheresis. Under the influence of the transfusion treatment mucous membrane ulcers (MMU) subsided and healed. Where ulcers were present the number of orogranulocytes (OG) increased after granulocyte transfusion. In addition there was a significant correlation between the number of granulocytes in the peripheral blood and the number of orogranulocytes. As a control, orogranulocytes were studied in a group of healthy persons with intact teeth, toothless persons with normal blood counts and one patient with an acute agranulocytosis. Patienten mit schwerer Granulozytopenie unterschiedlicher Genese erhielten Granulozytentransfusionen. Als in vivo Parameter für die Viabilität von transfundierten Granulozyten wurden die Fähigkeit zur Migration in die Mundhöhle (“Orogranulozyten”) und zur Phagozytose untersucht. Zwischen Granulozyten, die mit dem kontinuierlichen Blutzellseparator und Granulozyten, die durch Filtrationsleukapherese gewonnen worden waren, bestand kein Unterschied. Unter Granulozytentransfusionen bildeten sich Schleimhautulcera im Bereich der Mundhöhle zurück und heilten ab. Waren Schleimhautulcera vorhanden, kam es nach Granulozytentransfusion zu einem Anstieg der Orogranulozyten (OG). Zwischen der Granulozytenzahl im peripheren Blut und der Anzahl der Orogranulozyten bestand eine statistisch signifikante Beziehung. Als Kontrolle wurden Gesunde mit intaktem Gebiß, Zahnlose mit normalem Blutbild und eine Patientin mit akuter Agranulozytose untersucht.Keywords
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