Cortical infarction in rabbits with serum sickness following Cyclosporin A therapy

Proc Eur Dial Transplant Assoc. 1983:20:662-8.

Abstract

Rabbits given acute serum sickness (ASS) and treated with Cyclosporin A (CyA) developed glomerular capillary thrombosis and cortical infarction. These lesions were associated with severe endothelial injury and platelet-fibrin-leucocyte thrombi. They were not seen in untreated rabbits with ASS, nor in normal rabbits given CyA alone in equivalent doses. A similar renal lesion has been reported in patients receiving CyA following bone marrow transplantation.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyclosporins / toxicity*
  • Female
  • Infarction / chemically induced*
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Cortex / blood supply*
  • Rabbits
  • Serum Sickness / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Cyclosporins