1.Malignant atrophic papulosis with neurological involvement
Fang LIU ; Hong SANG ; Dequan DENG ; Qingtao KONG ; Xuelian WANG ; Gaofeng WANG
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2012;45(8):561-563
A 48-year-old female presented with a 6-year history of papules and plaques all over the body and with 1-year history of blurred vision in the right eye.Physical examination showed porcelain-white atrophic papules with peripheral erythematous halo and telangiectnsia.She also suffered from exotropia,visual deterioration,visual field defects of the right eye,as well as numbness of the left index finger,thumb and right anterior tibia.Skin biopsies of abdominal lesions revealed dermal necrosis with mucoid degeneration,inflammatory infiltration predominated by lymphocytes around several small blood vessels and occlusion of some blood vessels in deep dermis.Colonoscopy of the whole colon demonstrated scattered patches of hyperemia and erosions with the formation of shallow ulcers.Nerve electromyologram revealed damage to the nerves of right quadriceps femoris muscles.Fecal analysis showed that occult blood was strongly positive.A diagnosis of malignant atrophic papulosis was made based on the characteristic clinical presentation,laboratory and histopathological findings.She was treated with dipyridamole and aspirin for three months,which resulted in no clinical improvement or deterioration.
2.Clinical observation on the application of terbinafine and mizolastine in combined treatment of chronic ec-zema with dermatophytes infection
Fang LIU ; Wenxing HU ; Haibo LIU ; Qingtao KONG ; Meihua ZENG ; Jun CHEN ; Dequan DENG ; Hong SANG
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2015;(8):832-835
Objective The article was to observe the clinical efficacy of the application of terbinafine and mizolastine in com -bined treatment of chronic eczema ( CE) with dermatophytes infection , so as to define the etiology role of dermatophytes in allergic dis-eases. Methods All subjects were randomly divided into experiment group and control group .The experiment group was treated with the combination of terbinafine and mizolastine , while the control group took mizolastine orally alone .EASI grading , recovery rate and effective rate were evaluated at 2, 3 week after the treatment and EASI grading and recurrence rate were evaluated at 4 weeks after the treatment. Results 79 patients had finished the experiment .Significant difference was found in the effective rates between two groups at 3 weeks after treatment (P<0.05).At 4 weeks after the treatment, EASI value and recurrence rate in experiment group were obviously lower than those in control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Good therapeutic effect has been achieved through the ap-plication of terbinafine and mizolastine in combined treatment of CE with dermatophytes infection , which implies dermatophytes plays an important role in the etiology of CE .
3.The clinical symptoms and neurocognitive impairment of first-episode deficit and nondeficit subtype of schizophrenia
Haoran WANG ; Dequan WANG ; Kun LI ; Ya RAN ; Yamin ZHANG ; Wei DENG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2023;32(4):302-307
Objective:To ulteriorly explore the differences of psychotic symptoms and neurocognitive between patients with first-episode deficit subtype of schizophrenia (FDS) and patients with first-episode nondeficit subtype of schizophrenia (FNDS).Methods:From January 2021 to September 2021, a total of 88 first-episode treatment-naive schizophrenia were recruited from the Mental Health Center of West China Hospital and divided into FDS group( n=44) and FNDS group( n=44) according to the schedule for the deficit syndrome (SDS), and 44 healthy subjects were included as healthy control group (HC group, n=44). Positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) was used to assess psychotic symptoms of patients and Wechsler adult intelligence scale, trail making test and logic memory test were used to evaluate intelligence quotient and neurocognitive function of all subjects.SPSS 22.0 was used for statistical analysis, and independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to compare variables that met normal distribution, while the Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to compare variables that did not meet normal distribution. Results:(1) There were significant differences in psychotic symptoms between the FDS group and the FNDS group.Compared with the FNDS group, the FDS group had higher total score of PANSS ((95.95±16.82) vs (88.39±16.29)), negative symptoms ((27.57±7.52) vs (16.57±5.76)) and anergastic reaction ((13.43±3.82) vs (7.00(5.00, 9.00)), and lower positive symptoms scores ((21.95±6.88) vs (25.41±6.07)), activation ((8.00(5.00, 9.00) vs (9.27±3.47)), depression ((5.50(4.00, 9.00) vs (8.00(6.00, 12.00)) and supplementary item ((13.60±4.17) vs (17.30±5.39))(all P<0.05). (2) There were differences in neurocognitive functions between FDS group and FNDS group, and which in FDS and FNDS group were worse than that in HC group.Spatial memory (block design test: (23.70±11.05) vs (31.72±11.49)) and information processing speed (digit symbol test: (38.38±15.85) vs (47.97±14.99)) of FDS group were significantly lower than those of FNDS group(both P<0.05). Intelligence quotient, information processing speed and spatial memory of FDS group and FNDS group were lower than those of HC group(all P<0.05). Conclusion:FDS patients has more severe negative symptoms and anergastic reaction, and exit worse information processing speed and spatial memory dysfunction than FNDS patients.This unique pattern of impairment suggests that information processing speed and spatial memory may be important classification indicators for differentiating the deficit subtype of schizophrenia in the early stage.