Objective To improve the recognition of various CT appearances of hepatoblastoma(HB) and evaluate the role of CT in diagnosis. Method In a total of 24 cases, abdominal scan was performed. In 12 of them contrast enhanced CT was available. The CT manifestions of the 24 HB cases were retrospectively analyzed and correlated with clinical pathological findings. Results Fourteen tumors involved the right lobe, 4 tumors involved the left lobe,and 6 both liver lobes. One case invaded the liver diffusely.Most of HB appeared as an intrahepatic well circumscribed round or lobulated solid mass with or without pseudocapsule.Three of them manifested as multiple nodules and distributed in one or both liver lobes.Exophytic growing of tumor was seen in 7 cases. The tumor mass usually exhibited inhomogeneous density and heterogeneous enhancement,some associated with reticular and curvilinear density.Peripheral rim enhancement was present in 3 cases.Calcified foci were found in 6 cases.The hepatic parenchyma outside the tumor was normal in all cases.Two subdiaphragmatic and greater omentum tumor infiltrations could not be found on CT scan. Rare findings included tumor thrombus in one case in IVC, lymphnode metastasis in one case. Conclusion The various CT patterns described in this study are helpful in recognizing and evaluating the prognosis of HB.CT scan could acurately localize and characterize the mass,while not always correct in tumor staging.

Objective To investigate the clinicopathologic features of sclerosing polycystic adenosis(SPA)of salivary gland.Methods The clinical and pathologic profiles of 2 SPA cases were evaluated.Immunohistochemical study was performed on fixed tissues.The biologic behavior was analyzed with follow-up data.Results The main clinical manifestation of patients was parotid painless nodules.Histological features were embedded cystic dilatation of ducts and alveoli as hyaline sclerosis collagen tissue background,catheter see apocrine metaplasia,focal areas of ductal epithelial hyperplasia and dysplasia.Immunohistochemical staining for calponin and SMA staining showed that the catheter had a layer of myoepithelial cells.Conclusion Sclerosing polycystic sialadenopathy of parotid is a rare disease,the cause and course of the disease are not very clear,but the literature reports are atypical ductal epithelial remarkable phenomenon,thus strengthen the follow-up to patients.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation of serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) with the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the noninvasive prediction and diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

METHODSA total of 136 patients with NAFLD were enrolled, and their tissue samples for liver biopsy and serum samples obtained at 1 week after liver biopsy were collected; 83 healthy subjects without the symptoms of fatty liver disease proved by ultrasound examination were enrolled as controls. The physiological indicators including height, body weight, and waist circumference were measured, and body mass index was calculated. The biochemical parameters including alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), AST/ALT, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, total cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were measured. Double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine the serum level of OPG. The rank sum test, chi-square test, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Spearman correlation analysis, least significant difference test, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were applied for statistical analysis of various data.

RESULTSSerum OPG level was correlated with AST and TG (P < 0.05), and was highly correlated with hepatocyte fatty degeneration, ballooning degeneration, intralobular inflammation, portal inflammation, and fibrosis degree (P < 0.01). With the increasing NAFLD activity score (NAS), serum OPG level decreased, and there was a highly negative correlation between them (r = -0.928, P < 0.01). Serum OPG level was significantly lower in NASH patients than non-NASH patients. The area under the ROC curve of serum OPG level was 0.963, and according to the Youden index, its optimal sensitivity and specificity were 96.1% and 97.4%, respectively, at an optimal cut-off value of 242.96 ng/L, which suggested a high diagnostic power.

CONCLUSIONIn NASH patients, serum OPG level decreases significantly. Serum OPG level can be used as an independent predictive factor to evaluate NASH and its severity, as well as a noninvasive diagnostic index for NASH.

Alanine Transaminase ; blood ; Alkaline Phosphatase ; blood ; Aspartate Aminotransferases ; blood ; Biopsy ; Body Mass Index ; Case-Control Studies ; Cholesterol ; blood ; Disease Progression ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Inflammation ; pathology ; Liver ; pathology ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ; blood ; diagnosis ; Osteoprotegerin ; blood ; ROC Curve ; Triglycerides ; blood ; gamma-Glutamyltransferase ; blood