Hydatidosis is the largest parasific disase in human being. The patients often contract hydatidosis in the childhood. The slow growth of hydatid cysts in the organ involved may lead to a protracted course of disease. In the early stage of the diseases, there are no distinct subjecive symptoms. Early diagnosis is difficult by routine examination. The complications of hydatidosis causing serious damage to the organs may often lead to sudden death. It is essential to make an early and correct diagnosis and give treatment. B-mode ultrasonography not only detects the location, dimension and chracteristics of hydatid cysts but also shows the pathological changes of the various complications caused by hydatidosis and faciliates to select the best program of operation. B-mode ulttasonography is the method of choice in the diagnosis of hydatidosis. In this series of 931 patients with hepatic hydatid disease, the diagnostic accuracy rate of B-mode ultrasonography reached 98. 8%.

The study aims to establish a quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (QNMR) method for the determination of the absolute content of bosentan. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy [1H NMR] spectra were obtained in CDCl3 with the internal standard dimethyl terephthalate and zg30 pulse sequence by using a Bruker AVANCE II 400 spectrometer. The content of bosentan is determined with QNMR in comparison with the result obtained by mass balance method. The result is 96.25% by QNMR and 96.54% by mass balance method. A rapid and accurate QNMR method has been established for the quantitative determination of the absolute content of bosentan. The study provides a new way for the quality control and calibration of a new reference standard material, it could be the complementary with the mass balance method for the assay of standard reference.
Calibration ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; methods ; Molecular Structure ; Protons ; Quality Control ; Sulfonamides ; chemistry

Objective:To develop the uniformity models for felodipine sustalned-release tablets from 3 manufacturers by NIRS in order to study the difference in the preparation technology and detect and screen the tablets quickly by the robust, accurate and repre-sentative models. Methods:The uniformity models for the tablets from 3 manufacturers among 6 manufacturers with evaluative casual inspection were established by NIRS. Region 4 000-9 000 cm-1 was chosen as the modeling section, and the first derivative plus vector normalization was used as the preprocessing method. Results:The uniformity models for the tablets from the three manufacturers was established and used to predict the samplings from the six manufacturers. The prediction success rate was 100%. Conclusion: NIRS can be used to identify felodipine sustalned-release tablets from different manufacturers quickly and study the preparation technology.

Objective To evaluate the CT features and the role of CT in the diagnosis of Crohn′s disease. Methods CT manifestations of 18 patients with pathology confirmed Crohn′s disease were retrospectively analyzed. The majority of the patients were scanned with spiral CT or multidetector row CT.Results All 18 patients, segmental thickening of the bowel wall was detected. There were two different appearances in contrast-enhanced CT scans: (1) mural thickening without enhancement or mural stratification, and homogeneous attenuation in the thickened wall were observed in 7 patients; (2) mural thickening and stratification, resulting in the target or double-halo appearance, were detected in 11 patients, and the bowel wall thickening ranged from 5 to 10 mm. Nine patients had perienteric abnormalities including fibrofatty proliferation, phlegmon and mesenteric hypervascularity. According to the CT manifestations, 5 patients were initially diagnosed as other diseases including intestinal obstruction (1 case), tuberculosis (1 case), cancer (2 cases), and abscess (1 case), respectively. Conclusion CT has the unparalleled ability to depict the abnormalities in the bowel wall, mesentery, abdominal and pelvic viscera, and contrast-enhanced CT can distinguish active Crohn′s disease from quiescent Crohn′s disease. These features make CT particularly valuable in the management of Crohn′s disease.

Azure Stains ; chemistry ; DNA, Neoplasm ; analysis ; chemistry ; Humans ; Rosaniline Dyes ; chemistry ; Staining and Labeling ; economics ; methods ; Stomach Neoplasms ; genetics ; pathology

Objective To summarize the clinicopathological features of ampullary cancer,and investigate the diagnosis and treatment strategy for ampullary cancer.Methods The clinical data of 187 patients with ampullary cancer who were admitted to the Peking Union Hospital from January 2000 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.According to different surgical procedures applied,patients were divided into pancreaticeduodenectomy (PD) group (162 patients) and local resection group (25 patients).Survival curve was drawn by using Kaplan-Meier method,and the difference in survival rate between the 2 groups was compared by using Log-rank test.All data were analyzed by using t test or chi-square test.Results The positive diagnostic rates of B-ultrasound,computed tomography (CT),magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) were 9.3％ ( 15/161 ),43.9％ (65/148),21.3％ (19/89) and 83.9％ ( 135/161 ),respectively.There were 87 patients with well differentiated adenocarcinoma,64 with moderate differentiated adenocarcinoma,27 with low differentiated adenocarcinoma and 9 with tubular canceration.There were no significant differences in survival rate between patients with ampullary cancer in T1 or T2 stage who received PD or local resection ( x2 =3.163,P ＞0.05).The prognosis of patients with ampullary cancer in T3 or T4 stage who received PD were superior to those who received local resection ( x2 =6.309,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions Most of the ampullary cancer is well differentiated adenocarcinoma,and ERCP has a higher diagnostic rate than B-ultrasound,CT and MRI.Local resection is an ideal treatment for patients with ampullary cancer in T1 or T2 stage,while for patients with ampullary cancer in T3 or T4 stage,PD is the first choice of treatment.

Objective To explore risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with gallstone disease. Methods The clinical data of 429 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients complicated with gallstone disease (case group) and 2145 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients without gallstone disease (control group) were collected from the Health Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2007 to May 2010. According to sure (SBP), diastolic blood pressnre (DBP), fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), Triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-CH), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-CH) and body mass index (BMI) were statistically analyzed by fourfold table chi-square test or conditional Logistic regression.Results Univariate analysis showed that there was a significant difference in the levels of SBP, FBG, TC, HDL-CH and BMI between the case group and the control group (x2 =20.323, 4.365, 4.028, 7.049, 7.319, P＜0.05). Multivariate analysis confirmed that SBP, TC, HDL-CH and BMI were risk factors for gallstone disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (x2 = 18. 047, 6. 905, 12. 884, 7. 557, P ＜ 0. 05). Conclusion Increased SBP, TC and BMI and decreased HDL-CH may be the risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with gallstone disease.

Objective To investigate the acoustic characteristics of snoring sound in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and with simple snoring. Methods 22 patients with OSAHS and 15 with simple snoring were included in this study. Natural overnight snoring was digitally recorded and portable sleep mo-nitoring was performed simultaneously. 10 snores, which were the 1st snores after 10 cycles of obstructive apnea, from each patient in OSAHS group, and 10 snores from each patient in simple snoring group were analyzed in the time and frequency domains. Results The sound waves of snoring in the two groups exhibited different patterns both in the time and frequency domains. The snoring spectrum of patients with simple snoring showed distinct fun-damental- harmonic structures which were not clear in patients with OSAHS. The central frequency of the patients with OSAHS was higher, and 800 Hz power ratio was lower than those of the patients with simple snoring. In the OSAHS group, the central frequency of the patients with moderate-to-severe OSAHS was higher, and 800 Hz power ratio was lower than those of the patients with mild OSAHS. The differences of the two parameters were of statistical significance. Conclusion The snoring sounds in patients with OSAHS and with simple snoring have dif-ferent characteristics in time and frequency domains, indicating that it is feasible to research the OSAHS by way of snore monitoring and analyzing technique.

Objective To investigate the risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma,so as to provide theoretical base for the prevention of gallbladder carcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 153 patients with gallbladder carcinoma (gallbladder carcinoma group) who were admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2000 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 300 patients with cholecystolithiasis (cholecystolithiasis group) and 300 patients without gallbladder carcinoma or cholecystolithiasis (control group)were collected and matched at the ratio of 1∶2 to conduct the controlled study.Data were statistically analyzed by the Chi-square test and conditional Logistric regression.Results Univariate analysis showed significant difference in age,history of cholecystolithiasis,postmenopausal age,accumulated menstrual period,giving birth or not and number of birth between gallbladder carcinoma group and control group ( x2 =58.22,180.14,9.59,24.30,18.66,15.17,P ＜0.05).Age,history of cholecystolithiasis,accumulated menstrual period and number of birth were the independent risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma (x2 =55.76,180.95,24.30,8.54,P ＜ 0.05).The risk of having gallbladder carcinoma in patients who had a history of cholecystolithiasis was 34 times higher than those who did not have the history of cholecystolithiasis (OR =34.22).Late postmenopausal age (51 -55 years old),longer accumulated menstrual period ( ≥30 years),and the number of birth ( 3 times) were associated with higher risk of gallbladder carcinoma (OR =3.96,9.68,3.51 ). Age,course of cholecystolithiasis and accumulated menstrual period and number of birth were the risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma when comparing patients who have history of cholecystolithiasis in the gallbladder carcinoma group with those in the cholecystolithiasis group (x2 =70.66,16.66,11.59,4.69,P ＜ 0.05 ).Age,course of cholecystolithiasis and accumulated menstrual period were the independent risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma ( x2 =64.29,8.82,5.58,P ＜ 0.05).The risk of gallbladder carcinoma increased as the increase of age and course of cholecystolithiasis. The accumulated menstrual period ≥ 30 years was also a risk factor of gallbladder carcinoma. Conclusions Age,history of cholecystolithiasis,course of cholecystolithiasis,accumulated menstrual period and number of birth may be the risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma.For patients with age above 60 years and course of cholecystolithiasis above 3 years,cholecystectomy should be conducted to reduce the incidence of gallbladder carcinoma,and great importance should be attached to female patients with indications mentioned above.

Objective To analyze the clinicopathological features of gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 8 patients with gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma who were admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2000 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.The clinicopathological features,diagnosis and treatment strategies were summarized.The survival curve was drawn by Kaplan-Meier method,and the survival of the patients was analyzed by Log-rank test. Results The clinical manifestation of the 8 patients was non-specific,and all the patients were misdiagnosed as with primary gallbladder cancer complicated with cholecystolithiasis or chronic cholecystitis.The levels of carcinoembryonic antigen and γ-glutamyl transferase of 3 patients were higher than the normal,the level of alkaline phosphatase of 2 patients was higher than the normal,the level of aspartate transaminase of 1 patient was higher than the normal,the level of CA242 of 3 patients was higher than the normal and the level of CA19-9 of 4 patients was higher than the normal.The levels of aspartate transaminase,total bilirubin and direct bilirubin were in the normal range. Different surgical approaches were selected according to different tumor positions.The mean diameter of the tumor was (5 ±3)cm. Lymph node metastasis was detected at the hepatic hilar,hepatoduodenal ligament and area behind pancreatic head. Postoperative pathological examination confirmed that all the patients were with gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma. All patients were followed up till April 2011. Two patients survived with no discomfort,and the survival time was 2-3 months.Six patients died of tumor recurrence or metastasis,and their median survival time was 8 months (range,4-13 months). Conclusions The clinical manifestation of gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma is non-specific, and definite diagnosis depends on the results of postoperative pathological examination.Surgical treatment is the only effective method in improving the prognosis of patients with gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma,and the prognosis of patients is poor.