PurposeTo investigate the multi-slice spiral CT features of lung primary invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma, a rare malignancy with few relevant literature. Materials and Methods Forty-one patients with pathology proven primary invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lungs underwent MSCT examination, of which 27 patients received intravenous contrast. Imaging features were analyzed, and the patients were divided into groups according to morphology, density and enhancement.Results For 41 patients, 40 cases had one lesion, and one case had more than one lesion; the lesions were in the right upper lobe in 5 cases, right middle lobe in one case, right lower lobe in 17 cases, left upper lobe in 5 cases, and left lower lobe in 12 cases. There was solitary lesion in 40 cases. The other patient had multiple lesions. 29 cases showed nodules/masses, while non-mass lesions in 12 cases. Ground glass opacity was seen in 4 cases, single consolidation in 11 cases, and mixed consolidation in 26 cases. There was significant contrast enhancement in nodules/masses compared to non-mass lesions (t=5.00, 6.51 and 14.06,P<0.05).Conclusion MSCT shows a diversity of imaging features of primary invasive mucinous adenocarcinom, including single round lesion, lower lobe in both side; the density is lower than muscle on CT scan, and presents mild to moderate enhancement on enhancement scan round lesions has high density and enhancement range than irregular-shaped lesions.

The effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) against various diseases urges more low cost,speed and sensitive analytical methods for investigating the phamacology of TCM and providing a theoretical basis for clinical use.The potential of second-order calibration method was validated for the quantification of two effective ingredients of Schisandra chinensis in human plasma using spectrofluorimetry.The results obtained in the present study demonstrate the advantages of this strategy for multi-target determination in complex matrices.Although the spectra of the analytes are similar and a large number of interferences also exist,second-order calibration method could predict the accurate concentrations together with reasonable resolution of spectral profiles for analytes of interest owing to its ‘second-order advantage'.Moreover,the method presented in this work allows one to simply experimental procedure as well as reduces the use of harmful chemical solvents.