Plastic bronchitis(PB) is an uncommon respiratory disease characterized by formation of casts in tracheobronchial tree.It can lead to airway obstruction, difficulty of breathing and even respiratory failure.PB in children is commonly associated with lower airway infection, cyanotic congenital heart disease and asthma or atopic diseases.It can also be found in children with sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and cystic fibrosis and so no.There are three main mechanisms for the formation of casts: airway inflammation results in mucus hypersecretion; inflammatory insults lead to necrosis and abscission of the airway epithelium, mucosal edema, and finally cause airway clearance impairment; leakage of chyle from lung lymphatic circulation into airway.But the etiology of this disease is various, pathogenesis is complex.Further research is required to elucidate the pathogenesis.

A male patient of 71 years old was admitted due to repeated hoarseness for two years which got worse accompanied with dyspnea so that to receive tracheotomy in another hospital more than one month ago. The two vocal cord biopsies carried out in the other hospital before showed vocal keratosis and squamous cell hyperplasia. Electronic laryngoscopy result showed normal epiglottis. a lot of saliva at hypopharynx, and rough arytenoid mucosa. The supraglottic area was remarkably swollen and the glottal area can not be observed clearly. The biopsy of throat was unable to conduct. Barium swallow examination revealed no obvious space-occupying lesion in piri form fossa or esophagus. Larynx CT scan showed a space-occupying lesion in the laryngeal cavity on the right side of the neck involving the thyroid cartilage. The patient was finally treated by total laryngectomy. cervical infected tissue resection. grafting transposition with pectoralis major flap and tracheostomy. The postoperative pathology showed laryngeal verrucous carcinoma.
Aged ; Carcinoma, Verrucous ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; Male

Stem cells are characterized by the ability to renew themselves and differentiate into a di-verse range of specialized cell types.Bmi1 gene has been determined to play critical roles in the self-renewal of stem cells.Many of the tumor originated in stem cells.Enhanced self-renewal capability in stem/progenitor cells changes its biological characteristic and drives tumor initiation

Objective To investigate the relationship between the development of pancreatic cancer and inflammation, and the therapy strategy.Methods Related articles were reviewed.Results The pathogenesis of inflammation in pancreatic cancer development involves cytokines, NF ?B, COX 2, PPAR ?, DNA damage, gene changes,etc. Based on these mechanisms some medications are under developing.Conclusion Accumulative effects of pancreatic inflammation may lead to DNA changes, and even pancreatic cancer development. Medications aimed at suppressing pancreatic inflammation may help with prevention and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Objective To compare the clinical features of myocardial infarction (MI) in young adults with and without diabetes. Methods A total of 94 young adults with MI were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups according to whether they had diabetes:diabetic group (DM) and Non diabetic group (NDM).The clinical features,angiographic results,risk factors and prognosis were compared between the two groups. Results The incidence of atypical chest pain (25.0% vs 7.6%),non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (50.0% vs 9.1%),ventricular wall motion abnormalities (78.6% vs 42.4%),double vessels (35.7% vs 21.2%),triple vessels (39.3% vs 3.1%) and the incidence of mortality(10.7% vs 1.5%)were all significantly higher in DM group than in NDM group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).The number of affected vessels and Gensini scores were (2.110±0.875) and (52.61±10.47) in DM group,and(1.140±0.677),(34.02±10.24) in NDM group.The between group difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Multiple linear regression showed that HbA1c and smoking were the independent risk factors for Gensini score. Conclusion The clinical features of young adult patients with MI and diabetes are more complex,their coronary stenosis are more serious,and the prognosis is poor.Smoking and HbA1c are positively associated with Gensini scores.

Based on the macroscopical tactics of building a creative country,the paper discusses the cultivation model of creative talents.The concept of creation is considered in modern education.Combined with the training targets,this paper expounds some existing problems and suggests a series of relative countermeasures for biomedical engineering teaching.

[Objective]This paper summarizes the latest literature,which can offer more choices for making liposome drug.[Methods]This article summarizes the application of liposomes in al aspects and new preparation methods and modification methods and their respective advantages. [Results]Liposome as a new type of drug carrier,which has similarity with biological membrane,has many good qualities and changes the traditional way to give medicine. [Con-clusion]Liposome has the broad application after nearly forty years of research.

To investigate vincristine-induced dopaminergic neurons toxicity and mechanism, and explore the molecular target to reduce the toxicity, zebrafish was chosen as a model animal, based on RT-PCR, Western blotting, whole mount in situ immunofluorescence and other technical means. The results showed that the transcription levels of tyrosine hydroxylase gene and dopamine transporter protein gene were inhibited. Furthermore, the number of dopaminergic neurons was decreased by vincristine. Autophagy was suppressed and beclin1 gene expression was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by vincristine in larval zebrafish. Up-regulated beclin1 partly reduced vincristine-induced neurotoxicity, and down-regulated beclin1 increased toxicity. Beclin1 plays an important role in vincristine-induced dopaminergic neurons toxicity.

Objective To evaluate laparoscopy assisted radio frequency ablation (LRFA) and percutaneous radiofrequency ablation ( PRFA ) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC ).Methods A total of 525 HCC patients were enrolled,including LRFA group of 78 cases with 106 tumor nodules,and PRFA group of 447 cases with 565 tumor nodules.Results ( 1 ) In LRFA group complete ablation rate was 97.17％ (103/106); in LRFA group complete ablation rate was 93.09％ (526/565)(x2 =2.523,P =0.112).(2)The 1,3,5 year overall survival rate was 96.15％,55.12％ and 38.46％in LRFA group and 93.73％,48.54％ and 31.54％ in PRFA group respectively ( x2 =0.699,1.151,1.447 ; P =0.403,0.283,0.229 ).The 1,3,5 year disease-free survival rate was 94.87％,43.58％ and 28.21％ in LRFA group and 93.73％,48.54％ and 31.54％ in PRFA group respectively (x2 =0.915,0.303,0.174; P=0.339,0.582,0.676).The average disease-free survival time was 22.25 months in LRFA group and 21.53 months in PRFA group respectively.(3)The serious complications was 0％ (0/78)in LRFA group and 1.34％ ( 6/447 ) in PRFA group respectively.( 4 ) Recurrence rate was 23.07％(18/78) in LRFA group,and 34.89％ (156/447) in PRFA group ( x2 =4.189,P =0.041 ).Conclusions The therapeutical effect of LRFA equals that of PRFA,while enjoying lower recurrence rate,no serious complications and higher treatment safety.

Objective To compare the curative effect of several surgical treatments for closed urethral injury.Methods A retrospective study was done on 200 cases of closed urethral injury treated with various methods from June 2002 to June 2012,including 44 cases of anterior urethral injury treated with endoscopic transurethral realignment (anterior endoscopic group),32 cases of anterior urethral injury with transperineal urethral repair (repair group),42 cases of posterior urethral injury with transperineal urethral termino-terminal anastomosis (anastomosis group),35 cases of posterior urethral injury with endoscopic transurethral realignment (posterior endoscopic group),and 47 cases of posterior urethral injury with endoscopic transurethral and transvesical realignment (combined endoscopic group).Amount of bleeding,operation time,hospital stay as well as expense,and rate of urethral stricture and erectile dysfunction (ED) in treatment of anterior and posterior urethral injury were compared respectively.Curativeeffect and merits and faults of each treatment were observed.Results Anterior endoscopic group achieved less bleeding [(10 ± 5) ml∶ (100 ± 20) ml,P ＜ 0.05],shorter operation time and hospital stay [(15 ± 6) min∶ (40 ± 15) min,(14.2 ± 1.8) min∶ (28.5 ± 1.5) min respectively,P ＜ 0.05],lower hospital expense and urethral stricture rate[(4 715.42 ± 225.43) RMB∶ (6 886.46 ± 246.78) RMB,39％ ∶ 63％ respectively,P ＜ 0.05] as compared with repair group,but there was no statistical difference in ED rate between the two groups.Whereas in anastomosis group,the most bleeding [(200 ± 30) ml],longest operation time [(60 ± 20) minutes] and hospital stay [(28.7 ± 2.3) days],and highest hospital expense [(6 964.27 ± 275.69) RMB] and urethral stricture rate (95 ％) were detected (P ＜ 0.05).Posterior endoscopic group presented less bleeding [(15 ± 6) ml∶ (50 ± 12) ml,P ＜ 0.05] and shorter operation time [(21.4 ± 1.7) min∶ (21.2 ± 1.5) min,P ＜ 0.05] as compared with combined endoscopic group,but there were no statistical differences in hospital stay as well as expense and urethral stricture rate between the two groups.Moreover,ED rate was not statistically different among anastomosis group,posterior endoscopic group and combined endoscopic group.Conclusions Endoscopic surgery is superior to traditional surgery in terms of blood loss,operation time,hospital stay,and hospital cost.Besides,urethral stricture and ED rates are closely related to the location and severity of injury.