Adnan Mroueh

α2-Macroglobulin in human semen

Abstract α 2 -Macroglobulm was found in eleven semen specimens. There was no correlation between semen quality, serum levels and the concentration of the macroglobulin.

The excretion of radioiodine in human semen.

Human seminal plasma is made by the secretory fluids produced in the epididymis, vasa deferentia, ampulla, seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands. Its composition can be altered by orally or parenterally administered substances. Ethanol is secreted by the prostate in about the same concentration as by the kidney, with inhibition of spermatozoal motility. 1 Teratogenic drugs like thalidomide2 or estrogens3 , when ingested by male rabbits, appear in their semen and exert an unfavorable influence on their subsequent reproductive performance. This work is designed to study the seminal excretion of radioactive iodine and to correlate the seminal qualitative differences with a pattern of excretion. The tracer radioisotape technic enables one to study more closely and conveniently the dynamics of the seminal secretion of various substances.

PARTIAL HYPOPITUITARISM IN A PATIENT WITH A PITUITARY STONE

A case of sexual infantilism was found to have calcification within the sella turcica. Endocrine evaluation revealed partial hypopituitarism involving gona‐dotrophm and growth hormone secretion.