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Meningomyelocele combined with squamous cell carcinoma is rare in literature. In this article,we report the clinical and treatment of a patient with meningomyelocele and squamous cell carcinoma and discuss its mechanism,clinical feature,therapy and prognosis.The patient was a 11-year-old Chinese boy.At the time of his birth he was noted to have a lumbosacral meningomyelocele,which was disrupted and the cerebral spinal fluid flew out when the child was six.The wound surface abrased and exudated repeatedly.Two months before admission,the meningomyelocele was disrupted again and the condition got worse.Inspection showed a meningomyelocele in the lower lumbar region 10 cm in diameter,consisting of a cauliflower-shaped swelling and a central crater containing black slough.The area smelled foul and was constantly draining serosanguineous fluid.Magnetic resonance imaging showed meningomyelocele associa-ted with spinal dysraphism and tethered cord syndrome.After thorough preparation,operation was undertaken.A perpendicular skin incision,which was carried down to the lumbar aponeurosis,allowed the main bulk of the tumour to be undercut and removed.The quick frozen pathological examination confirmed that it was squamous cell carcinoma.The skin and subcutaneous tissue were fruther resected and the vertebral canal explored until frozen section showed the excision edge was clear.Skin closure was achieved by a bi-pedicle advancement flap,some 10 cm wide and the secondary defect was closed with a thigh skin graft.Histological examination showed that the massive outgrowth was a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.The postoperative recovery was uneventful and the wounds healed by primary intention.Although meningomyelocele combined with squamous cell carcinoma is rare in literature,the possibility of can-cerization should be considered when there is a long-term and non-healing ulcer (Marjolin ulcer) with foul smell in a meningomyelocele patient.

A total of 1140 medical workers from 8 public hospitals of secondary and tertiary levels in Anhui were surveyed with questionnaire. Their knowledge of the reform, acknowledgement of key points of the reform, desire of participating in the reform and other factors that may influence the reform were investigated as categorized by their hospital, position, title and age. This study comes up with such recommendations as reinforcing communications on public hospital reform, reforming the compensation mechanism to clarify government responsibilities, probing into a better model for multi-institution practice of certified physicians, and encouraging private capital to participate in medical service while ensuring its non-profit nature, and improving the performance appraisal mechanism to ensure incentives of medical workers. These recommendations aim to enable the health administrators in their decision making.

Objective:To observe the relationship of Hyaluronic Acid and transforming growth factor-?1 with different TCM syndromes of liver fibrosis. Methods:All rats of model groups were treated by CCl4 to establish the liver fibrosis model. Besides CCl4,the rats of liver-stagnation and spleen-deficiency group were treated by stimulating tails with forceps clip and gastric infusion of rhubarb decoction,and the rats of qi-deficiency and blood-stasis group were treated by the method of swimming-fatigue. Then every group was intervened by the relevant medicine. After all treatments,the HA and TGF-?1 in serum were examined. Results:The HA and TGF-?1 of model groups were significantly higher than those of the control group(P

Objective: To develop a narcissistic personality questionnaire for non-clinical Chinese people. Methods: The questionnaire was developed on the basis of data from open questionnaire, interview and Narcissistic Personality Inventory. Six hundred and twelve participants finished a Narcissism Questionnaire, Self-Esteem Scale, Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Results: ①An exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors labeled authority, superiority, and selfadmiration; and a confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the goodness-of-fit indexes of this three-factor model was satisfactory; ②Cronbach alpha coefficients of narcissism questionnaire and its three factors ranged from 0.796 to 0.929; ③Consistent with previous studies, males were more narcissistic than females; ④Narcissism was pos- itively correlated with self-esteem, negatively correlated with anxiety and was not associated with satisfaction of life; selfesteem mediated the relationship between narcissism and anxiety. Conclusion: The self developed questionnaire illustrated satisfactory internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and criterion-related validity.

Objective To study whether mannitol renal injury can be prevented by administering small dose dopamine without withdrawing mannitol.Methods Thirty adult rabbits were divided into three groups at random: control group(normal saline,NS),non-prevented group [20% mannitol 2g/kg+NS 4.6g/(kg?min),twice a day];prevented group(20% mannitol 2g/kg+dopamine 4.6g/kg min,twice a day).The changes of Bun,Cr,Na+ and K+ were observed.After the experiment the nephridial tissues were made into histological sections,the pathological changes were observed through microscope.Results The contents of Bun and Cr in blood of the non-prevented group were obviously elevated since day 8 and the difference was significant compared to the control group;the contents of Bun and Cr in the prevented group exceeded significantly those in the control group since day 9 between the non-prevented group and the prevented group.There was no significant difference before day 10.Since day 10,the difference became significant.No abnormality was found in the histological section of the control group.Both the renal tubular epithelial cells of the prevented group and non-prevented group were swollen and the renal tubular luminas were confined;however,the pathological changes in the non-prevented group were more severe than those in the prevented group.Conclusion It is effective to administer small-dose dopamine early to protect renal function.

Objective To study the risk factors of severe acute pancreatitis(SAP) complicated with MODS at the early stage.Methods One hundred and seven SAP patients served as A group,who admitted from Janurary 1995 to December 1999.One hundred and thirty patients served as B group who admilted from Janurary 2000 to 2005.Age,sex,Ranson' score,APACHEⅡ ,CT score,biliary tract obstruction,hypoxia,lung infection,shock,abdomen compartment syndrome,hyperlipemia,pleural effusion,and mortality were analyzed.Results Twenty-five in the A group and 28 in B group two were complicated with MODS at the early stage.There existed difference in Ranson's score,APACHEⅡ,CT score between patients with and without MODS(P

BACKGROUND: Studies have demonstrated that hyperpolarization-activated andcyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels (HCN) 2 and HCN4 are abnormal expressed in ventricular muscle following heart disease, which is closely correlate to ventricular arrhythmia. Bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs) transplantation can improve damaged cardiac muscle; however, its effect on remodeling of ion channel is unclearly. OBJECTIVE: To detect the changes of HCN2 and HCN4 expression in left ventricle following BMSCs transplantation.METHODS: Five Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, aged 3 weeks, were prepared for BMSCs by Percoll method. Additional 30 health, male, SD rats, were randomly divided into DMEM, cell transplantation, sham operation and control groups. At 4 weeks after model preparation, DMEM culture medium was injected into the infarcted area and surroundings with 5 points in the DMEM group. The 3rd generation of cultured BMSCs (200 μL, with 5×10~6 cells) were injected into rats in the cell transplantation group with the same methods. The mRNA and protein expression of HCN2 and HCN4 gene was detected by RT-PCR and Western blot respectively.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In non-infarcted region, the mRNA and protein expression of HCN2 and HCN4 among each groups had no significant difference (P > 0.05). Compared with the control and sham operation groups, mRNA and protein expression of HCN2 and HCN4 in surrounding of the infracted region was elevated in the DMEM group (P < 0.05), which was greater than that of the cell transplantation group (P < 0.05). The mRNA and protein expression of HCN2 and HCN4 was smaller in the center area of infracted region in the DMEM group than that of the control and sham operation groups (P < 0.05), which was similar to the cell transplantation group (P > 0.05). Acute myocardial infarction can increase mRNA and protein expression of HCN2 and HCN4 in infracted region surrounding. BMSCs transplantation may lower the fatality rate of ventricular arrhythmia by reducing HCN2 and HCN4 expression.

To investigate effects of cultured astrocytes from Sprague Dawley rat cerebral cortex on the development of PC12 cellsderived from rat pheochromocytoma, PC12 cells were cocultured with astrocyte according to different astrocytes/neurons ratio(50:1～1:1) , or with serum-free conditioned medium of astrocytes(ACM). The vitality of PC12 cells was measured by sensi-tive MTT method and their morphologic features were observed by Olympus light microscope. The results showed: (1) WhenPC12 cells were cultured with ACM, compared with the control group, the vitality of PC12 cells was increased significantly (0.255+0. 012 vs 0. 510±0. 036, P<0. 001) and the morphological changes were not obvious in the experimental group. (2) WhenPC12 cells were cocultured with astrocyte in the ratio of 30: 1～1: 1, not only was the vitality of PC12 cells enhanced, but alsothe neurite-outgrowth of PC12 was observed. (3) When PC12 cells were cocuhured with astrocyte in proportion of 50: 10～40 : 1, the vitality of PC12 cells was also enhanced, but the neurite-outgrowth of PC12 was not found. This study suggested en-hancement of PC12 cell-vitality was mediated by soluble factors produced by astrocytes, while activity of the neurite-promotingwas associated with cell-cell contact and with the ratio of two cells.

Objective To investigate the potential effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus) on prevention and treatment of neonatal mice infected with human rotavirus (HRV). Methods Sixty 4-day-old kunming mice were randomly divided into control group. HRV infected group, L. acidophilus pretreated group (treated before HRV infection ) and L. acidophilus treated group(treated after HRV infection). The manifestation and pathological changes in small intestine of neonatal mice were observed. The HRV antigen in the feces and intestines were measured by ELISA and fluorescent-focus assay, respectively. Results The severity and duration of diarrhea as well as mortality in L. acidophilus pretreated group and treated group were lower than those in HRV infected group. The duration of HRV-antigens shedding following infection was considerably prolonged in HRV infected group compared to that in L. acidophilus pretreated group and treated group. Furthermore, decreased expression of HRV antigen and little pathological changes in intestinal mucosa were found in L. acidophilus pretreated group and treated group when compared with HRV infected group. Conclusion L. acidophilus may be used as an alternative approach for the prevention and treatment of neonatal mice infected with HRV.