Objective To investigate the clinical manifestation, pathological features and pathogenesis of Holmes-Adie syndrome (HAS). Methods The clinical data of one HAS patient with sweating abnormality and combined with literatures were analysed. Results The patient had the typical characteristics of HAS, including Adie pupil, areflexia of lower limb and the symptoms of autonomic nerve dysfunction. The characteristic pupil of HAS was proved by slit lamp of ophthalmology. Cranial MRI showed lacunar infarction. A partial or total loss of neurons of the ciliary ganglion was the main pathological characteristic of HAS. Conclusions The etiology of HAS remains unclear, and has characteristic pupil finding, which was associated with autonomic nerve dysfunction to a certain extent. HAS still need to differentiate from Ross syndrome and Harlequin syndrome.

Four key attributes,position,rate,shape and force,are programs of pulse tracing put forward by ZHOU Xue-hai,a medical practitioner in late Qing dynasty.The essences of four key attributes are'images'of di erent levels.There are complex relationships between pulse tracing and position,rate,shape and force attributes,which include not only subordinate relationship and static-dynamic relationship between four attributes but double relationship between four attributes and pulse tracing.

Object To select the endophytic fungi which produce vincristine by isolating fungi from the leaves of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Methods The endophytic fungi were isolated from the leaves of C. roseus and the zymotic extracts were analyzed by TLC and HPLC. Results An endophytic fungus which is Mycelia sterilia 97CY_3 can produce vincristine. The content of vincristine in the fungus was determined as 0.205 ?g/L by HPLC. Conclusion Some endophytic fungi isolated from C. roseus can produce the anticancer substance vincristine which is the same as that of host plant producing.

Objective To study the expressions and significances of leptin,estrogen and estrogen receptor (ER) in pulmonary squamous carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.Methods The expressions of leptin and estrogen receptor were detected in 58 cases of lung adenocarcinoma and 63 cases of pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma and 50 cases of normal lung tissue samples by immunohistochemical menthod,the levels of estrogen were also detected in patients with venous blood at the same time.Comparison of differential expression of leptin,estrogen and estrogen receptor in lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma,normal tissues,and explore their relationships with lung adenocarcinoma.Results Leptin,estrogen and estrogen receptor positive rates in lung adenocarcinoma group were 65.5％,36.2％ and 58.6％ respectively,and 33.3％,15.9％,30.2％ in lung squamous cell carcinoma group.There were a statistical difference between the two groups (x2 =4.324,P＜0.050;x2 =5.372,P ＜0.050;x2 =5.718,P ＜0.050).In the normal control group the positive rates were 24.0％,4.0％ and 0 respectively,and there was a statistical difference compared with lung adenocarcinoma group (x2 =7.126,P ＜0.010;x2 =9.683,P＜0.005;x2 =22.308,P ＜0.005).In lung adenocarcinoma group,leptin,estrogen and estrogen receptor positive rate have no relationships with tumor stage (x2 =0.001,P=0.950;x2 =0.061,P =0.900;x2 =0.178,P=0.750) and primary tumor size (x2=0.023,P=0.900;x2 =0.001,P=0.950;x2 =0.001,P=0.950).Conclusion Leptin,estrogen and ER were expressed highly in adenocarcinoma of lung tumor.The expressions of leptin,estrogen and ER may associated with the carcinogenesis,development and clinical type of adenocarcinoma of lung.

Objective:To analyze the metastasis rule of abdominal lymph node from thoracic esophagus carcinoma. Methods:The abdominal lymph node data on 164 patients who had undergone resection of thoracic esophageal carcinoma were analyzed retro-spectively. Grouping was based on the upper, middle, and lower thoracic esophagus. Differences in tumor infiltration depth, differentiat-ed degree, pathological type, pathological stage, and metastasis rate of the abdominal lymph node among the three groups were com-pared. The metastasis rates of the abdominal lymph nodes among the different tumor infiltration depths, differentiated degrees, and path-ological types were also compared. Results:The base condition of tumor infiltration depth, differentiated degree, pathological type, and pathological stage has no statistical significance among the upper, middle, and lower thoracic esophagus. The metastasis rate of the ab-dominal lymph node also has no statistical significance among the three groups (upper, 6.9%;middle, 27.4%;and lower, 39.6%). More-over, the metastasis rate of the abdominal lymph node has no statistical significance among the different tumor infiltration depths, differ-entiated degrees, and pathological types. Conclusion:A special bound lymph node metastasis was present in the esophageal carcinoma. If the tumor in the upper thoracic esophagus infiltrated the submucosa, then it could bound metastasize down to the abdominal lymph node by the lymphatic capillary net. The majority of the esophageal carcinoma was more than T1b period when diagnosed. The tumor has infiltrated the submucosa. Thus, early stage, well-differentiated, and upper thoracic esophageal carcinoma does not indicate mini-mal metastasis of the abdominal lymph node. Routine abdominal lymph node dissection through radical surgery for esophageal carcino-ma was necessary.

Ebosin is a novel exopolysaccharide produced by Streptomyces sp.139 with remarkable activity against rheumatic arthritis in vivo. In this paper, we reported effects of Ebosin on the inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) in THP-1 cells. With the special fluorogenic peptide as substrates, the enzymatic activities of interleukin-1beta converting enzyme (ICE) and TNFalpha-converting enzyme (TACE) were inhibited by Ebosin separately. Using the real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR), the mRNA synthesis of the three cytokines were identified decline separately by Ebosin. The secretion quantum of three cytokines in THP-1 cells with Ebosin was lower than that of normal THP-1 cells determined by ELISA assay and Western blotting. All of these results showed that Ebosin has remarkably suppressed synthesis of the three cytokines in THP-1 cells through different pathways. The primary study of Ebosin on anti-inflammation mechanism was promoted developing the new drugs treating rheumatic arthritis.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ?-asarone injection in infants with asthmatic pneumonia.Methods 142 patients aged from 4 months to 6 years were randomly divided into a treatment group(78 cases) and a control group(64 cases).Two groups were the same basically on the conventional therapy.The treatment group was administrated with ?-asarone injection.Every 0.5mg/kg(maxium dose

Objective To evaluate the feasibility and safety of ultrasound-localized percutaneous thrombin injection (ULTI) for the treatment of iatrogenic femoral pseudoaneurysm. Methods From January 2000 through October 2001, 5 patients (3 males, 2 females, age range 38～72 years) were found to have a pseudoaneurysm confirmed by ultrasound between 1 and 3 days following femoral arterial puncture. Two patients were associated with diagnostic arteriography and 3 with stent implantation. ULTI was our first choice for the treatment of ablating femoral pseudoaneurysm. All patients following ULTI were restudied within 24 hours. Results All 5 patients were initially treated with ULTI. Thrombin was injected directly into the pseudoaneurysm with a dose of 500 units over several seconds, successful ablation was visualized immediately in 4 patients, the remaining 1 patient needed ultrasound-guided compression treatment of five minutes. Follow-up at the 24th hour showed no recurrent pseudoaneurysm after initial successful ablation in any case. No distal embolization or allergic reaction occurred. Conclusion ULTI is a safe, rapid, well-tolerated, inexpensive and effective noninvasive method for the treatment of iatrogenic femoral pseudoaneurysm and should be considered as first-line therapy.

Objective: To study the group consultation in preventing psychological disorders causing by retirement. Methods: Implement group consultation to 23 elderly staff members from a government organization. Both the self-designed health knowledge and SCL-90 questionnaires were used before and after he/she participated the group consultation. Comparisons were conducted of the results getting from 18 old people who had never had the consultation. Results: There was significant difference in two groups. Experiments show that group consultation can impressively held to improve the psychological and behavior disroders. Conclusion: Group consultation is an effective way to prevent psychological problems causing by retirement.

Objective To assess the effectiveness of balloon dilation and airway stenting performed under fluoroscopic guidance for the treatment of benign and malignant tracheal stenosis. Methods Under fluoroscopic guidance,balloon dilation and airway stenting were performed in 45 patients with tracheobronchial stricture. Of the 45 patients, malignant tracheal stenosis was seen in 37, including mediastinal nodal metastases (n = 14), esophageal carcinoma (n=13), lung carcinoma (n = 4), adenocarcinoma of bronchus (n = 3), lymphoma (n = 2) and laryngocarcinoma (n = 1), and benign tracheal stenosis was seen in 8, including endobronchial tuberculosis (n = 6), retrosternal thyroid adenoma (n = 1) and endotracheal intubation (n = 1). Airway stenting with serf-expandable metal stent was employed in 38 patients and balloon dilation in 7 patients. All the procedures were performed under fluoroscopic guidance. Results A total of 53 self-expandable metal stents was implanted in 38 patients. The clinical symptoms were immediately relived after the procedure in all patients except for one patient who died from choking of sputum. No stent migration was observed. Restenosis developed in 4 patients, which was successfully treated with repeated stenting and balloon dilation. Nineteen times of balloon dilation procedure were accomplished in 7 patients. Marked remission of clinical symptoms was seen in most cases. During a follow-up period (ranged from 0 to 124 months with a mean of 24.5 months) 31 patients died. Conclusion For both benign and malignant tracheal stenosis, balloon dilation with airway stenting performed under fluoroscopic guidance is a safe and efficient therapy with instant curative effect in relieving clinical symptoms.