AIM: To investigate the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicines on patients with leg eczema. METHODS: 90 cases of leg eczema were randomly divided into control group and treatment group. The control group with 30 cases was treated with antihistamines, and the treatment group with 60 cases was treated with oral and topically washing traditional Chinese medicines according to the syndrome differentiation. Each patient in both groups was treated for four weeks. RESULTS: The total effective rate was 86.7% in treatment group and 53.3% in control group (P

Apoptosis induced byP53 gene is one of the most important mechanisms of signal integration in cells,which identify the cell injury and start downstream apoptotic signals.PIG7 gene is induced byP53 and correlates with metabolism,inflammation and tumor occurence.Here we reviewed the recent findings in the molecular biology ofPIG7 gene and the correlation with human diseases.

FLT3, a tyrosine kinase receptor, is the most common mutation in AML and has two classes of mutations: internal tandem duplications in the juxtamembrane domain (FLT3-ITDs) and point mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain (FLT3-TKDs). AML patients with FLT3 mutations tend to have a poor prognosis. As an independent factor, the presences of FLT3 mutations play an important role in the origin and development of AML and have prognostic value. Molecular targeted therapy represents a novel and popular therapeutic approach in the world. In this review, we explain clinical value of the FLT3 mutations, mechanism and research progression of the FLT3 inhibitor;and discuss difficulties and perspectives in the research of the FLT3 inhibitor.

Objective To investigate the clinical features of adult inpatients with abdominal type Henoch-Schonlein purpura(HSP)and to compare them with those without gastrointestinal symptoms.Methods The adult inpatients with HSP during January 2000 and December 2005 were reviewed retrospectively,and the clinical features of those with or without abdominal pain were compared.Results Sixty-three patients were included.Thirty-two patients(50.8%)complained of abdominal pain.Of these patients,43.8% had peri-umbilical colicky pain,40.6% middle-upper abdominal pain and 15.6% lower abdominal pain.The other clinical manifestations included nausea/vomiting(15.6%),positive feces occult blood test(50.0%)and elevated blood/urine amylase(25.0%).EGD showed mucosal congestion,red macula,erosion and ulceration mainly in the descending duodenum.Colonscopy showed inflammatory and ulcerative lesions at distal ileum and rectosigmoid.The biopsy pathology showed non-specific inflammatory cell infiltration.There were no differences in age,gender,allergic history and predisposing infection between those with abdominal pain and those without abdominal symptoms.The patients with abdominal pain had more mixed-type HSP(78.1% vs 22.6%,P

Objective To analysis the flash electroretinogram (FERG) of diabeic retionpatby patients. Method 90 cases of DR patients were selected. According to the partial signs and the overall symptoms, the patients can be divided into three syndromes - dry heat by yin deficiency, deficiency of both qi and yin, deficiency of yin and yang. FERG were detected. Result There was close relation between the occurrence and development of DR and the evolution of the syndrome from yin deficiency to yang involved by deficient yin. Retina actional potential will change along with the change of syndrome. Conclusion The retina actional potential which recorded by FERG can be used as an objective criterion of syndrome differentiation, thus we can establish a diagnosis and treatment system of DR.

Objective To analyze the differences of nutritional parameters and body composition in the protein energy wasting (PEW) patients on maintenance hemodialysis with or without diabetic kidney disease (DKD).Methods The patients with PEW were screened by subjective global assessment (SGA) from patients on maintenance hemodialysis from March 2014 to June 2015 in the Fourth Central Hospital of Tianjin.Anthropometric and nutritional parameters were collected before dialysis, and body composition and energy expenditure were examined by the bioelectrica] impedance method.The indexes of the two groups were compared.Results A total of 301 patients on maintenance hemodialysis (DKD 112, non-DKD 189), whose average age was (63.05±14.42) years old, were screened.Among which, 75 patients were diagnosed with PEW, and the overall prevalence rate was 24.92％, including 41 DKD cases with the prevalence of 36.61％ (41/112) and 34 non-DKD cases with the prevalence of 17.99％ (34/189).Compared with uon-PEW patients, the body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin (Hb), albumin (ALB), and total cholestero (TC) of patients with PEW were significantly lower, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were significantly higher (P＜0.05).In the DKD group, the average age of PEW onset ((59.61±13.74) years old), the maintenance dialysis time before PEW ((64± 12.50) months), ALB ((31.34±3.32) g/L), and TC ((4.17±0.95) mol/L) were all lower than those in the non-DKD group ((70.68±14.05) years old, (116.61 ±32.85) months, (32.34±4.64) g/L, (4.95±1.52) mol/L) (P＜ 0.05), respectively.The body composition results showed that muscle mass in the DKD group ((24.84±3.36) kg/ (45.32±6.95)％) was less than that of the non-DKD group ((28.53±3.75) kg/(50.67±7.28)％) (P＜0.05).Conclusions This study indicates that compared with non-DKD dialysis patients, the prevalence of PEW in dialysis patients with DKD is higher, onset age of PEW is younger, the duration of dialysis is shorter, and the muscle consumption is more obvious.

SUMMARY The patient, an 18-year-old girl, was found to have strong positive purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) test and calcified focus in her liver 2 years ago. She denied fever, cough, sputum, weight loss, night sweats, fatigue, and anorexia. After admission, physical examination, laboratory tests, CXR, abdominal CT, colonoscopy and gynecological examination were all normal except for the liver lesions. Percutaneous needle biopsy was performed under sonographic guidance and pathological examination showed caseous granuloma. She was diagnosed as primary liver tuberculosis and the lesions decreased after 2 months’ therapy of isoniazid, rifampicin and ethambutol. Primary liver tuberculosis could be asymptomatic and manifestated as calcified focus; percutaneous needle biopsy and pathological examination is helpful for the diagnosis. The asymptomatic liver lesions are still an indication for anti-tuberculosis therapy.

BACKGROUND: High incidence rate in the morning and low incidence rate in the evening is the regularity of stroke; however, there are no clear reports on changes of concentration of plasma endothelins and its relationship with onset of cerebral thrombus.OBJECTIVE: To investigate dynamic regularity of plasma endothelins in patients with acute cerebral thrombus within 24 hours and its correlation with episode.DESIGN: Case-controlled study.SETTING: Center of Radio-immunology and Department of Laboratory of Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University.PARTICIPANTS: Totally 32 patients with cerebral thrombus were selected from Neurological Department of Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University from January 2002 to January 2003. There were 20males and 12 females with mean age of (61.5±4.1) years. Ten patients had history of diabetes mellitus combined with hypertension, 8 had history of hypertension, 1 had history of diabetes mellitus, and 13 did not have history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Another 30 healthy subjects were selected from the same hospital including 13 males and 17 females with the mean age of (58.1±6.25) years. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects.METHODS: Radio-immune analysis was used to determine the dynamic changes of plasma-endothelins level in 32 patients with cerebral thrombus and 20 healthy subjects at 2, 8, 14 and 20 o'clock.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Plasma-endothelins level of patients in cerebral thrombus group and control group at the four time points within 24 hours; ② Plasma-endothelins level of patients with or without cerebral thrombus at the four time points within 24 hours.RESULTS: Totally 32 patients with cerebral thrombus and 30 subjects in control group entered the final analysis. ① Plasma-endothelins level in cerebral thrombus group day and night was higher than that in the control group (t=29.1-30.5, P ＜ 0.001). The level was the lowest [(69.96±3.92) ng/L] at 2 o'clock within 24 hours but the highest at 8 o'clock [(78.55±3.80) ng/L,(t=5.67, P ＜ 0.01)]. ② Levels of endothelins in patients with history of hypertension and cerebral thrombus were obviously higher than those in patients without history of hypertension and cerebral thrombus at 2, 8, 14 and 20 o 'clock within 24 hours [(73.28±7.89), (64.52±5.29) ng/L; (82.39±8.62),(75.81±5.14) ng/L; (81.39±8.62), (70.32±5.97) ng/L; (82.47±5.04),(65.27±5.14) ng/L, (t=2.11-5.17, P ＜ 0.05-0.01)].CONCLUSION: Plasma-endothelins level in patients with acute cerebral thrombus has rhythm changes within 24 hours. The changes are high in the morning and low in the evening, and this is accorded with high onset of cerebral thrombus in the morning.

Objective To explore the correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality of patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) on hemodialysis by using a retrospective cohort study.Methods Cases with DKD on hemodialysis in the Fourth Central Hospital of Tianjin from Jan.2006 to Mar.2010 were retrospectively reviewed.SES, including education, the average monthly income of household members, occupation type, was surveyed among all the patients.According to the SES, the patients were divided into two groups.The 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year mortality rates of the two groups were compared respectively.Relative risk (RR), attributable risk (AR) and attributable risk percentage (ARP) were calculated.Further, the relevance of SES and other variables were analyzed.Results The baseline of two groups in age, sex, duration of diabetes, kidney disease progression was consistent and comparable.In the low SES group, 1-year death RR was 1.08, AR was 1.5％ and ARP was 8.1％.Three-year death RR was 1.38, AR was 10.9％ and ARP was 27.6％.Five-year death RR was 1.57, AR was 24.5％ and ARP was 36.4％.Correlation analysis showed that SES scores were negatively correlated to body mass index (BMI), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and C-reactive protein (CRP) (r=-0.542,-0.314,-0.392, P＜0.01), while SES scores were positively correlated to serum albumin (ALB), physiological function, general health, social function, emotional function and mental health scores (r=0.539, 0.243, 0.254, 0.268, 0.253, 0.255, P＜0.01).Conclusions SES is an important social-influencing factor of mortality in patients with DKD,and may have effects on long-term survival of hemodialysis patients by influencing the quality of life, glycemic control, nutrition and inflammation.

Objective To summarize the features of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRi) of hepatic cystic echinococcosis, and investigate the key points of identification and diagnosis.Methods The clinical data of 58 patients with hepatic cystic echinococcosis who were admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University from August 2011 to August 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.Patients received plain and enhanced scan of CT and MRI.Hepatic cystic echinococcosis was divided into the 5 types according to the literatures, including unilocular echinococcasis in type Ⅰ, multivesicular hydatid cysts in type Ⅱ, anechoic content with detachment of laminated membrane from the cyst wall in type Ⅲ, calcification of lesions in type Ⅳ and mixed echinococcosis in type Ⅴ.Patients who were diagnosed as with definite or suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis underwent surgery.The follow-up including observing the recurrence of hepatic cystic echinococcosis was performed by outpatient examination and telephone interview at postoperative month 3, 6, 12 for 1 year and then once every year up to August 2015, and was ended if there was no recurrence for more than 5 years.Results (1) The results of CT and MRI examinations: of the 58 patients, 54 received scan of CT and 21 received scan of MRI.Seventeen patients were detected in type Ⅰ with clear-boundary and low-density cystic lesions by CT examination;MRI examinations showed there were single or multiple, round or oval abnormal signal including low T1WI signal, high T2 WI signal and low T1 WI and T2WI signal of cyst wall.Thirteen patients were detected in type Ⅱ, CT examination showed the daughter cysts of multiple sizes were found in the mother cyst, arranged in honeycomb or wheel shape;MRI examination showed there were lower T1 WI signal in the daughter cyst and higher T2 WI signal in the daughter cyst compared with signal in the mother cyst, and low signal in the cyst wall of the daughter cyst and mother cyst.Six patients were detected in type Ⅲ with capsule in capsule sign and water snake sign by CT examination and ribbon sign by MRI examination.Thirteen patients were detected in type Ⅳ, CT examination showed there were irregular high-density calcified shadow with the performances for return sample or sample volume skins changes.Nine patients in type Ⅴ had more than 2 kinds of lesions.(2) Diagnosis: 4 patients were misdiagnosed by CT examination including 3 with preoperative diagnosis of hepatic cyst and 1 with preoperative diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma of liver, with an accurate rate of diagnosis of 92.6％ (50/54).Two patients with preoperative diagnosis of hepatic cystic adenocarcinoma were misdiagnosed by MRI examination, with an accurate rate of diagnosis of 90.5％ (19/21).(3) Treatment and follow-up: 58 patients underwent surgery, including 40 undergoing internal capsule removal with external capsule suturing (31 with open operation and 9 with laparoscopic operation), 10 undergoing partial hepatectomy and 8 undergoing external capsule enucleation.Of 58 patients, 3 were complicated with effusion of residual cavity, 2 with unclosed external capsule, 1 with bile leakage and then was cured after 4-8 week drainage.Fifty patients were followed up for 12.0-48.0 months with a median time of 27.1 months and a follow-up rate of 86.2％ (50/58).During the follow-up, 1 patient undergoing internal capsule removal had recurrence at postoperative month 8 and was cured by CT-guided interventional therapy using absolute alcohol, and other patients had no recurrence.Conclusions There was a higher accuracy in CT and MRI examinations for hepatic cystic echinococcosis.Honeycomb and wheel shapes are characteristic findings of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in type Ⅱ.The characteristic performances of CT examination for hepatic cystic echinococcosis in type Ⅲ are capsule in capsuleand water snake signs, and characteristic performances of MRI examination is ribbon sign.The ring-like enhancement of edge by MRI examination is an essential of identification and diagnosis between hepatic cystic echinococcosis and hepatic cyst, and irregular calcification is a differential point between hepatic echinococcosis and hepatic tumor.