1.The diagnostic value assessment of MRI and ultrasound imaging in breast intraductal papilloma diagnosis
China Medical Equipment 2016;13(10):40-43
Objective:To evaluate the diagnostic value of MRI and ultrasound imagingr in the breast intraductal papilloma.Methods: 29 patients with multiple or isolated breast intraductal papilloma were selected, who were pathologically confirmed. All patients underwent preoperative breast X-ray, ultrasound, dedicated breast MRI plain and dynamic enhanced MRI. According to Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS), we observed the lesion size, shape, location, margin, polymorphism and its relationship with the catheter by the ultrasound and MRI scan, and analyze enhancement pattern of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI lesion. Results: In 29 cases of patients with 30 lesions, a total of 28 lesions were detected by MRI, including one patient with bilateral lesions which were positive, and two cases of malignant tumor which were difficult to identify. 25 lesions were detected by ultrasound, in which 4 cases were negative. There were statistical differences in BI-RADS classification of lesions detected by ultrasound and MRI(Z=-2.377,P<0.05). The detection rate of malignant intraductal papilloma lesion by MRI was higher than ultrasound.Conclusion: MRI and ultrasound imaging can be used for diagnosis of intraductal papilloma, but the MRI is superior to ultrasound scanner in lesion detection rate and accuracy, especially in the intraductal papilloma of benign and malignant.
2.The expression of miR-221 in cervical carcinoma and its relationship with HPV infection
Dongmei GAO ; Yuanyuan ZHANG ; Lu ZHANG ; Mingyue ZHU ; Binlin MA
Practical Oncology Journal 2014;(4):299-304
Objective The purpose of this study is to study the expression of miR -221 in cervical cancer tissues and its relationship with HPV infection .Methods HR-HPV infection was detected by HC2,and 30 cases of HR-HPV negative and 5 cases of HR-HPV positive cervical cancer tissues were collected .Mean-while,30 cases of normal cervical tissues in patients with benign disease were collected as control group .The ex-pression of miR -221was detected by RT -PCR,preliminarily investigating the relationship between miR -221 expression and the occurrence of cervical cancer and HPV infection .Through transfection of miR-221 and anti-miR-221 into HPV16-positive cervical carcinoma cell line Caski and HPV 16-negative cervical carcinoma cell line C33a,we observed the role of miR -221 on the migration and invasion of Caski cells and C 33a cells.Results Compared with normal cervical tissues , the expression of miR -221 in cervical cancer was significantly in-creased,the difference was statistically significant( P<0.01);and the expression of miR-221 was closely correl-ative to the patients with or without lymph node metastasis ,pathological grade and clinical stage ( P<0 .01 );the expression of miR-221 in HR-HPV positive cervical cancer tissues was higher than in HR -HPV negative cer-vical cancer tissues(P<0.01);transfection of miR -221 and anti-miR-221 could promote or downregulate C33 a and Caski cells migration and invasion ,and the changes between two groups had statistical significance ( P<0.05).Conclusion The increased expression of miR -221 in cervical cancer tissues is closely related to the oc-currence and development of cervical cancer and HPV infection .
3.Protective role of organ dose modulation technology in the radiation sensitive organs during the CT angiography of craniocervical arteries
Mingyue WANG ; Yue ZHOU ; Jianbo GAO ; Kaiji ZHA ; Yaojun JIANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2016;50(7):500-503
Objective To investigate the effectiveness of organ dose modulation (ODM) technology with respect to dose reduction and image quality of the sensitive organs during CTA of craniocervical arteries. Methods Ninety one patients suspected of arterial vascular disease and evaluated by CTA of craniocervical arterires were enrolled in this study. Patients were divided into group A (n=46) and group B (n=45) according to the order of examination. All patients hadCTA examination of craniocervical arteries. The ODM technique was used only in plain phase in group A and was used both in the plain phase and enhanced phase in group B. The tube current in the four direction (anterior,posterior,left,right) of thyroid and orbital area and radiation dose were recorded. The image quality of group A and group B was evaluated by objective indicators [CT attenuation values and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of vessels in the thyroid area and orbital region ]and the subjective score. The independent samples t test was used for the statistical analysis of the objective indicators and nonparametric rank sum Mann-Whitney U test were used for subjective score. Results For A group, There were significant differences for the tube current at all directions of the thyroid gland and orbital area between the plain phase and the enhanced phase except the current at the posterior of the thyroid gland area(P value all<0.05),and the current in plain phase lower than that in enhanced phase. The mean current of thyroid gland and the orbital area were (604±43) mA and (656± 22) mA in the plain phase and (341±54) mA and (409±63) mA in enhanced phase. The differences were significant (t values were -10.909 and -38.454,P<0.01).CTDIvol and ED were (15.6±1.4) mGy and (1.44± 0.17) mSv in the plain phase and (17.4 ± 1.4) mGy and (1.60 ± 0.18) mSv in the enhanced phase, the differences were significant (t values were - 42.008 and - 32.130, P<0.01) . There was no significant differences for the objective indicators and the subjective score between group A and group B(P>0.05). Conclusion ODM technique can provide protective effect on the sensitive organs during craniocervical CTA examination without compromising the image quality.
4.Organ dose modulation in chest CT scan in female: protection of breasts
Mingyue WANG ; Junqiang DONG ; Jianbo GAO ; Jie LIU ; Ping HOU
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2016;36(7):530-533
Objective To study the effects of organ dose modulation (ODM) technique on dose reduction of the breasts and the related thoracic image quality in female chest CT.Methods One hundred and twelve female patients with chest CT were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups according to the order:control group (n =56,using conventional scan) and experimental group (n =56,using ODM technique).The tube currents in different directions (A/L/P/R) were analyzed in the two groups.The effects of ODM on the radiation dosage and image quality were assessed.Results The tubc currents in anterior and posterior direction were both (128 ± 43)mA in the control group.However,the tube current in the anterior was lower than that in the posterior in experimental group (t =-18.701,P <0.01).The tube currents in all direction in the experimental group were all lower than those in the control group (t =11.71-20.22,P <0.01).The CTDIvol and E in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group(t=3.58,3.55,P <0.05).There were no significant differences for the objective and the subjective scores between two groups (P > 0.05).Conclusions ODM technique could protect the female breasts by reducing the radiation dose without image quality degrading during chest CT scan.
5.Optimization and in vitro characterization of resveratrol-loaded poloxamer 403/407 mixed micelles.
Jinfeng LI ; Mingyue GAO ; Huimin WANG ; Qiaoyu LIU ; Shirui MAO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2015;50(8):1045-51
The objectives of this study are to prepare resveratrol loaded mixed micelles composed of poloxamer 403 and poloxamer 407, and optimize the formulation in order to achieve higher drug solubility and sustained drug release. Firstly, a thin-film hydration method was utilized to prepare the micelles. By using drug-loading, encapsulation yield and particle size of the micelles as criteria, influence of three variables, namely poloxamer 407 mass fraction, amount of water and feeding of resveratrol, on the quality of the micelles was optimized with a central composite design method. Steady fluorescence measurement was carried out to evaluate the critical micelle concentration of the carriers. Micelle stability upon dilution with simulated gastric fluid and simulated intestinal fluid was investigated. The in vitro release of resveratrol from the mixed micelles was monitored by dialysis method. It was observed that the particle size of the optimized micelle formulation was 24 nm, with drug-loading 11.78%, and encapsulation yield 82.51%. The mixed micelles increased the solubility of resveratrol for about 197 times. Moreover, the mixed micelles had a low critical micelle concentration of 0.05 mg · mL(-1) in water and no apparent changes in particle size and drug content were observed upon micelles dilution, indicating improved kinetic stability. Resveratrol was released from the micelles in a controlled manner for over 20 h, and the release process can be well described by Higuchi equation. Therefore, resveratrol-loaded poloxamer 403/407 mixed micelles could improve the solubility of resveratrol significantly and sustained drug release behavior can be achieved.
6.Factors and validity analysis of Mini-Mental State Examination in Chinese elderly people
Mingyue GAO ; Min YANG ; Weihong KUANG ; Peiyuan QIU
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2015;(3):443-449
Objective:To examine factors that may have impact on the Mini-Mental State Examination ( MMSE) screening validity, which could lead to further establishing the general model of the MMSE score in Chinese health elderly and to improve the screening accuracy of the existing MMSE reference. Methods:Based on the data of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey ( CLHLS ) , the MMSE scores of 19 117 normal elderly and 137 dementia patients who met the inclusion criteria were used for the analysis. The area under the curve ( AUC) and validity indexes were used to compare the screening accuracy of various criteria. Multiple linear regression was used to identify factors that had impact on the MMSE score for both the normal and dementia elderly. Descriptive analysis was performed for differences in the MMSE scores by age trends and gender between the normal and dementia elderly. Results:The AUC of MMSE was≥0 . 75 ( P<0 . 05 ) . The MMSE score of the normal elderly declined nonlinearly as the age grew older(male:R2 =0. 924, P<0. 05; female: R2 =0. 951, P<0. 05), and increased nonlinearly as the education level rose(male: R2 =0. 948, P <0. 05; female: R2 =0. 859, P<0. 05). The females had significantly lower MMSE scores than the males, with a faster decline trend with age than the males (95%CI of female partial regression coefficient was not overlapped with 95%CI of male partial regression coefficient) . The dementia elderly showed a much lower MMSE score ( male:difference of Z score:-1 . 573 , P<0 . 05;female:difference of Z score:-1 . 222 , P<0 . 05 ) and ten-ded to with a faster decline speed than that of the normal elderly (95%CI of dementia partial regression coefficient included 95%CI of normal partial regression coefficient) . Conclusion:The screening validity of MMSE in CLHLS is not affected by educational level. The analysis of factors that may impact on the MMSE screening validity are gender, age, vision and residence which with validity identification. These four fac-tors can be used as assist tool of MMSE in the screening of dementia to improve the screening accuracy.
7.Pemphigus vulgaris in pregnancy: eight case reports
Yu GAO ; Mingyue WANG ; Xuejun ZHU ; Xixue CHEN
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2015;48(1):45-47
Objective To investigate the effects of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) on pregnancy,childbirth and neonates.Methods Clinical data were collected from 8 pregnant patients with PV who visited the Peking University First Hospital and received follow up.Results Of these patients one developed PV in the third trimester of pregnancy,and the other 7 received treatment for PV and achieved complete subsidence of mucocutaneous lesions before pregnancy.Among the 7 cases,6 were treated with prednisone < 10 mg/d,and 1 was treated with prednisone 22.5 mg/d.Finally,1 patient was lost to follow-up,1 patient underwent artificial abortion on about day 40 of pregnancy with no fluctuation in disease activity.Six patients delivered a normal birth weight baby at term,of whom,1 experienced fluctuation in disease activity in mid-pregnancy,1 suffered from recurrence of PV as a result of drug withdrawal at 2 months after delivery,and the other 4 showed no changes in disease activity.Four out of six neonates were healthy,while two were born with neonatal PV and healed after topical treatment.Conclusions Safe pregnancy and delivery can be achieved in patients with PV whose condition is completely under control with lowdose glucocorticoids after withdrawal of immunosuppressive agents.Although there is a risk of PV in neonates,the prognosis is optimistic.
8.Spectral CT monochromatic imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: effect of image fusion on image quality
Peijie LYU ; Mingyue WANG ; Jie LIU ; Yonggao ZHANG ; Jianbo GAO
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2015;49(3):168-172
Objective To assess the effects of image fusion of CT spectral monochromatic imaging on image quality in small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods Thirty patients with 40 pathologically proven small HCCs (≤3 cm) underwent upper abdominal plain CT and dual-phase enhanced spectral CT scan were analyzed retrospectively.Conventional 140 kVp polychromatic images (group A) and monochromatic images with energy levels from 40 to 140 keV were reconstructed by using spectral imaging viewer.Monochromatic images with highest CNR (group B)and 70 keV images with lowest noise (group C) were fused to generate fused images (group D) with image fusion software.Objective evaluation of 40 HCCs [contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of lesion,image noise in HU] and subjective rating score of 30 patients (image noise score,overall image quality score,and lesion conspicuity score) among the four groups were compared by using One-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis H test.Results CNR (1.3±0.6,2.1±0.6,1.5±0.6 and 2.4± 1.3 respectively) and image noise [(20±7),(32±9),(18±3) and (24±6) HU respectively] among group A,B,C and D all had statistical differences (F =5.724 and 13.619,both P values < 0.01).CNR in group D was higher as compared with group A and C (both P values < 0.05),but was similar to group B (P > 0.05).Image noise in group D was lower than group B and higher than group C,but showed no difference from group A (all P values > 0.05).Image noise scores [(3.5±0.5),(3.3±0.4),(3.6±0.5)and(3.5±0.4)point,respectively],overall image quality scores [(3.2 ± 0.4),(3.3 ± 0.3),(3.1 ± 0.3) and (3.7 ± 0.4) point respectively] and lesion conspicuity scores [(3.3 ±0.4),(3.9±0.4),(3.2±0.4) and (3.7 ±0.4) point,respectively] among the four groups all had statistical differences (Z =9.581,37.495 and 43.436,all P values < 0.05).Scores of the four groups were all greater than 3 and met the clinical diagnostic level.Group D was higher than group B in image noise score,higher than the other three groups in overall image quality score,higher than group A in lesion conspicuity score (all P values < 0.05).Conclusion Combined use of CT spectral monochromatic imaging and image fusion can improve overall image quality while maintaining or increasing CNR in small HCC.
9.Application value of CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy in lung disease
Yongku DU ; Mingyue MA ; Yanjun GAO ; Lei XU ; Junle YANG
Journal of Practical Radiology 2017;33(7):1100-1102
Objective To investigate the efficiency and application value of CT-guided percutaneous puncture biopsy in the diagnosis of lung disease.Methods The clinical and imaging data of 60 patients with CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy were analyzed retrospectively.Results Among all the 60 patients, 57 had finally to be proved by pathological diagnosis, including 47 primary lung cancer (21 squamous cell carcinoma, 18 adenocarcinoma, 3 small cell lung cancer and 5 bronchioloalveolar carcinoma), 7 metastatic lung cancer and 3 tuberculosis.In addition, 3 cases were chronic inflammation and did not make a definite diagnosis, in which 2 were proved to be caseous pneumonia and 1 was proved to be fungus infection by postoperative pathology.The successful rate of punctures,the diagnostic accuracy and the total complications rate of lung puncture biopsy in 60 cases was 100%, 95.0% and 21.7% [11.7% pneumothorax (7/60), 8.3% hemoptysis (5/60) and 1.7% needle bleeding(1/60)].Conclusion CT-guided percutaneous puncture biopsy is a safe, accurate and significant clinical method in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of lung lesions.
10.Decreased interhemispheric resting-state functional connectivity in chronic primary trigeminal neuralgia
Mingyue MA ; Yufeng LIU ; Lei GAO ; Yuan WANG ; Xiaoping WU ; Xiaohui YIN ; Yanjun GAO ; Junle YANG
Journal of Practical Radiology 2015;(4):525-528
Objective To investigate the alterations of interhemispheric resting-state functional connectivity in patients with chro-nic primary trigeminal neuralgia (CPTN).Methods Twenty patients with CPTN and 20 age-,gender-,and education-matched healthy subjects underwent a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI)scanning.The voxel-mirrored homo-topic connectivity(VMHC)approach and statistic analysis were used to investigate the interhemispheric coordination of the whole brain.Results Compared with healthy controls,decreased VMHC was found in patients with CPTN,including medial and lateral or-bitofrontal cortex,and premotor (P <0.05,GRF corrected).Conclusion Our results suggest that decreased VMHC in brain regions indicate the aberrant perceptual and affective processing of CPTN,and limited complex movements function.