1.Quantitative analysis of early ankylosing spondylitis sacroiliac joint by multiple functional MR imaging
Yutao LIU ; Guobin HONG ; Panyan ZHOU ; Jianchao LIANG ; Zhongli DU ; Shuming LI ; Tao AN ; Wenjuan LI
Journal of Practical Radiology 2016;32(12):1915-1918
Objective To evaluate the feasibility of T2 *mapping T2 *value combined with DWI ADC value in quantitative assessment of the activity of sacroiliitis.Methods 30 patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)were divided into 2 groups as acute group (n=17)and chronic group (n=13)according to the BASDAI scores of the clinical severity of disease.And 20 healthy adults were recruited as control group.All groups were examined by MR with traditional sequence,T2 *mapping and DWI in the sacroiliac joint.The T2 *value and ADC value of the bone marrow edema region and normal region were measured.Furthermore,the imaging data and the clinical scores were statistical analysis and compared among three groups.Results T2 *values and ADC values in acute group of AS patients were higher than chronic group (P<0.05),as well as compared with healthy volunteers (P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference between the chronic group of AS patients and control group (P>0.05).Positive correlation between ADC value and BASDAI was observed in patients group.Conclusion T2 *mapping combined with DWI imaging in AS is beneficial for early diagnosis and quantitative analysis of the activity of sacroiliitis.
2.Correlation of nutrient levels and state of severe cases with HFMD
Xiaobo WANG ; Panyan DU ; Yuping ZHAO ; Baolin WANG ; Cuihong GAO ; Shuang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2016;32(3):414-416
Objective:To detect the levels of PA,FN,RBP,CRP,Iron,Zinc,VitD in peripheral blood of children with HFMD and to explore the relationship between them and the disease .Methods:The levels of PA,FN,RBP and CRP were detected by immune turbidimetric assay;and the levels of Iron and Zinc were detected by flame atomic absorption spectrometry ;while the levels of VitD were detected by electro chemilumin escence .Results:The levels of PA,FN,RBP,Iron,Zinc and VitD in the severe group were lower than those in other groups ,while the levels of CRP were higher than those in other groups ( P<0.05 );and the levels of PA ,FN and RBP in the general group were lower than that in the control group , while the levels of CRP were higher than that in the control group ( P<0.05 ) .And no significance were found of the levels of Iron ,Zinc and VitD in the general group and the control group ( P>0.05 ) .The levels of PA,FN,RBP,Fe,Zn and VitD in the convalescence were higher than those in the acute phase of the severe cases (P<0.01), and lower than those in the control group ( P<0.05 );And no statistical significance were found of the levels of CRP between the convalescent phase of severe cases and the control group (P>0.05).There were negative correlation between the levels of PA ,FN,RBP and the state of HFMD(P<0.05),while there were positive correlation between the levels of CRP and the state of HFMD (P<0.05). And there were low negative correlation between the levels of Iron , Zinc, VitD and the state of HFMD ( P <0.05 ), respectively.Conclusion:There were nutritional deficiency in severe cases of HFMD ,and the nutritional status should be assessed dy-namically,then proper amount of nutrition should be supplement .