Adult ; Aged ; Chlorine ; poisoning ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lung ; physiopathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult

Cranial Sinuses ; surgery ; Diverticulum ; complications ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Tinnitus ; etiology ; surgery

Objective To investigate the role of IL-13 in the patients with acute and chronic urticaria. Methods In 22 patients with acute urticaria, 20 patients with chronic urticaria and 19 normal controls, the levels of IL-13, IL-4 and IFN-? of peripheral T lymphocytes were measured by flow cytometry. The serum concentrations of IL-13 and total IgE were tested by ELISA. Results The results of flow cytometry showed that the level of IL-13 of the patients with acute urticaria was significantly higher than that of the normal controls (P

A 54-year-old man was admitted to the Department of Rheumatology in Peking Union Medic.al College Hospital due to polyarthritis.back pain and multiple subcutaneous masses.He had symmetrical polyarthritis at onset.which was diagnosed as theumatoid arthritis.His follow-up and treatment were irregular.Back pain and multiple subcutaneous masses developed 2 year ago.Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reac.tive protein were elevated.Rheumatoid fac.tor and Anti-cylic citrullinated peptide antibody were positive.No evidence of infection or malignancy was detected.Chest CT suggested pulmonary fibrosis and osteolytic lesions of stemum.Spinal MRI showed paravertebral soft tissue.Biopsy of the soft tissue suggested the pathologic.al finding of a theumatoid nodule.The patient was diagnosed as theumatoid arthritis complic.ated with multiple theumatoid bursal cysts.Combination therapy of methylprednisolone (40mg/d) and cyclophosphamide (0.4g/w) lead to a rapid improvement of clinical symptoms and laboratory parameters.The patient was still in remission at 6-month follow-up.

Adult ; Blast Injuries ; etiology ; therapy ; Burns ; etiology ; therapy ; Explosions ; Humans ; Male ; Young Adult

Adult ; Aged ; Breast Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Gene Amplification ; Genital Neoplasms, Male ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Paget Disease, Extramammary ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Paget's Disease, Mammary ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Penile Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Receptor, ErbB-2 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Scrotum ; Vulvar Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery

The mechanism of spinal cord injury and repair therapy after nerve injury is currently a hotspot of neuroscience research.Duplicating animal models plays a key role in experimental therapeutics of spinal cord injury.This review systematically describes the progress in animal models for spinal cord injury including contusion, compression, transection, ischemic,distraction and chemical-mediated injury,which have been established at home and abroad.Based upon the aforementioned models,some applications in experimental therapeutics are simultaneously enumerated.All these information provides scientific guidance for the experimental novel drugs′screening.

Objective To study the CT findings of traumatic bone cyst and to improve the knowledge of that disease.Methods CT features of 8 cases of traumatic bone cyst confirmed by clinical and pathology were reviewed retrospectively.There were 4 females and 4 males,from 26 to 76 years (the median age was 53 years old)of age.Three patients had traffic accidents,2 patients had trauma unrelated,1 patient had boulder crushing,1 had patient stick wounded and 1 patient had high jump wounding.The bone cyst occurred from 18 to 36 months after trauma(2 at 18 months,4 at 24 months,1 at 30 months and 1 case at 36 months).Results There were 6 fractures,1 joint dislocation and 1 frontal soft tissue hematoma in trauma.The cyst located in the ilium of 3 cases,in the calcaneus of 2 cases,in the frontal bone of 1 case,in the hooked bone of 1 case,in the lunate bone of 1 case.The cyst size was 2.0 cm × 2.6 cm to 3.0 cm × 6.0 cm (average 2.7 cm × 4.0 cm).8 cases all single capsule change,all clear boundaries.6 cystic destruction and 2 cystic expansion destruction of bone.Two see separated and 6 no divider of the cyst region.Five bone sclerosis and 3 no hardening of the cyst edge.Three sclerosis and Five no sclerosis of the adjacent bone.Four osteoporosis decalcification and 4 no osteoporosis decalcification of he adjacent bone.Conclusion The traumatic bone cyst is closely related to trauma,CT manifestations with certain characteristics,combined with a history of trauma can make a definite diagnosis.

ObjectiveTo study the effects of two cryopreservation methods ( direct vapor nitrogen method and program freezing method) on the motility of post-thaw human sperm.MethodsThe 25 semen samples were taken from 25 donors from Shanghai Human Sperm Bank during May to July 2011,using straw as a frozen carrier, the semen samples contained modified glycerol-yolk-citrate ( GYC ) ( 1 ∶1 ) as cryoprotectant,after the liquefaction, each semen sample was divided into 2 groups,and separately cryopreserved by direct vapor nitrogen method and program freezing method.According to the recommended standardoftheWorldHealthOrganization, semensampleswereanalyzedbeforeandafter cryopreserving.Density,total motility,PR,motility parameters ( including VAL,VSL,VCL,BCF) were determinated by the IVOS sperm analyzer.Semen samples were stained by modified papanicolaou stain and 200 sperms of each sample were counted under microscope by manual analysis to calculate the rate of normal morphology sperm.The paired t test was used to compare the above indictors before and after cryopreserving in one method and after thawing between two methods.Results Before cryopreserving,the total motility,PR,VAL,VSL,VCL,BCF were(91.36±4.96)％,(81.28 ±6.41)％,(59.29 ±9.30) μm/s,(49.80±8.40) μm/s, (83.39 ± 15.70)μm/s, (16.68 ± 3.36)Hz respectively, and after cryopreserving by direct vapor nitrogen method the results were (46.04 ± 20.14)％,(40.22 ± 18.42 )％,(48.00± 11.60)μm/s,(41.11 ±8.50) μm/s,(71.55 ±17.19) μm/s,(15.94 ± 14.30) Hz respectively,the differences of the indictors above were observed with statistic significance except BCF ( t =11.324,11.958,4.266,3.964,3.620,0.258,P of BCF ＞0.05,P of others ＜0.05); and after cryopreserving by program freezing method,the results were(48.05 ± 18.27)％,(42.47 ± 15.62)％,(45.30 ± 6.51) μm/s,(38.08 ± 4.99) μm/s,(64.23 ± 11.75) μm/s,(14.00 ± 2.99) Hz respectively,the differences of the indictors above showed statistic significance (t =10.337,10.874,7.154,5.510,6.494,3.244,P ＜0.05).No significant differences were observed in the revival rate,total motility,PR and normal morphology sperm rate by using different methods (t =0.425,0.364,0.622,1.106,P ＞0.05).The results of VAL,VSL,VCL,BCF in direct vapor nitrogen method were higher than that in program freezing method,when the differences of VSL and VCL were observed with statistic significance(t =2.489,2.822,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions Using straw as carrier is practicable.Direct vapor nitrogen method is easier to operate than program freezing method.Post-thaw sperm cryopreseved by direct vapor nitrogen method has higher motility parameters,thus making this method an ideal one for fast freezing.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between passing rate of otoacoustic emission (OAE) and pure tone thresholds. METHOD: OAE including both transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) and distortion products otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) as well as pure tone thresholds were measured in subjects with normal hearing and sensory hearing loss. The passing rates of OAE were calculated in subjects with different age groups and different pure tone thresholds. RESULT: TEOAE can identify hearing loss at frequencies of 2 kHz and below. For TEOAE and 2 kHz DPOAE, passing rate has no difference between different age groups. For 4 kHz DPOAE, the passing rate in age over 50 years group is lower than other groups. The passing rate decreased as the pure tone threshold increased. When TEOAE and DPOAE suggest " pass", 70%, 81%, 79% subjects had pure tone threshold lower than 25 dB HL and 94%, 96%, 93% lower than 40 dB HL respectively. When they suggest "refer", 93%, 84%, 87% subjects had pure tone threshold higher than 25 dB HL and 71%, 58%, 68% higher than 40 dB HL respectively. CONCLUSION TEOAE is sensitive to hearing loss at middle and low frequencies but not at high frequencies. Measuring both TEOAE and DPOAE might provide more information of hearing loss at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 4.0 kHz. It is worth noting that even OAE suggest "pass" or "refer", because there is still exist the possibility of hearing loss.
Audiometry, Pure-Tone ; Auditory Threshold ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous