Objective To investigate the value of ultrasound in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid lesions with rimlike peripheral calcification.Methods Seventy-three patients of thyroid nodules with rimlike peripheral calcification were analyzed retrospectively.All cases were confirmed by surgery and pathology.The efficacy of sonographic features on diagnosis of thyroid nodules was analyzed.Results Among 73 patients,58 (58/73,79.45％) were benign and 15 (15/73,20.55％) were malignant.Among the sonographic features mentioned,the mean size,margin,internal echo and presence of halo showed no significant differences between malignant and benign nodules (all P＞0.05).Proportion of thyroid nodules coexisting with nodular goiter,irregular thickness and interruption of rimlike peripheral calcification had significant differences between malignant and benign nodules (all P＜0.05).The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of coexisting with nodular goiter for diagnosing benign nodules were 77.59％ (45/58),60.00％ (9/15),88.24 ％ (45/51),40.91％ (9/22),respectively.The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of irregular thickness for diagnosing malignant nodules were 53.33 ％ (8/15),87.93％ (51/58),53.33％ (8/15),87.93％ (51/58),respectively.The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of interruption of rimlike peripheral calcification for diagnosing malignant nodules were 73.33％ (11/15),68.97％ (40/58),37.93％ (11/29),90.91％ (40/44),respectively.Conclusion Ultrasonography is helpful to diagnosis of thyroid nodules with rimlike peripheral calcification.Irregular thickness and interruption of calcification are associated with malignancy.

Objective To investigate the value of ultrasound elastosonography in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis. Methods One hundred and twenty patients with chronic hepatitis B were examined by ultrasound elastosonography and given elasticity scores,the correlation coefficient between the elasticity scores and the histologic fibrosis stage was evaluated and its difference in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis was compared. Results The Spearman's correlation coefficient between the elasticity scores and the histologic fibrosis stage was 0. 875,which was highly significant ( P＜0. 01). There was no significantly difference between elasticity scores and fibrosis staging in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis by Marginal Homogeneity (Z=- 1. 144, P = 0. 149). The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of ultrasonic elastography for diagnosing liver fibrosis were 92. 5%, 85.0%, 90.0%, respectively. Conclusions Elastosonography is helpful for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis.

Objective To explore the best cutoff point of the quantitative analysis of organization diffusion for differentiating liver fibrosis and to assess its diagnostic value.Methods Sixty-five patients with chronic hepatitis B were examined with quantitative analysis of organization diffusion before liver biopsy,and made a ROC analysis of diagnostic test.All cases confirmed by pathology.Results 114.95 was the best cutoff point of the strain average value which was one parameter of the quantitative analysis of organization diffusion,the area under the curve of ROC was 0.950 (P=0.000),and the sensitivity,specificity,accuracy were 92.3%,87.2% and 89.2%,respectively.Conclusions The quantitative analysis of organization diffusion is helpful in diagnosing liver fibrosis.

ObjectiveTo observe the effect and safety of arsenic trioxide (ATO) combined with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in treating patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).Methods Eighty-three cases with APL treated for the first time were divided into two groups by random digits table method:observation group with 48 cases was received combination induction treatment of ATO and ATRA,control group with 35 cases was treated with combination induction treatment of ATRA and chemotherapy.The clinical effect and adverse reaction between two groups were compared.ResultsThe effective rate and early death rate were 100.0％( 48/48 ) and 0 in observation group,97.1％(34/35 ) and 2.9％( 1/35 ) in control group,which had no significant difference between two groups(P ＞ 0.05 ).The incidences of bone marrow suppression,infection,liver and kidney damage,cardiac toxicity and gastrointestinal symptoms were 8.3％ (4/48),10.4％ (5/48),12.5％ (6/48),6.2％ (3/48) and 18.8％ (9/48) in observation group,while 97.1％(34/35),65.7％(23/35),45.7％(16/35),37.1％(13/35) and 100.0％(35/35) in control group,which had significant differences between two groups (P ＜ 0.05).ConclusionCombination treatment of ATO and ATRA in APL has an obvious effect and few adverse reaction,which can be applied in clinic.

OBJECTIVETo explore the value of the strain means of the quantitative parameters of organization diffusion in determining the degree of liver fibrosis.

METHODSA total of 130 patients with chronic hepatitis B were examined for quantitative analysis of organization diffusion before liver biopsy to analyze the performance of the strain means in liver fibrosis of different degrees. All the cases were confirmed by pathology.

RESULTSThe strain means differed significantly between different stages of liver fibrosis. Using the best cut-off values of 116.2, 111.4, 101.6 and 97.5 for diagnosis of S≥1, S≥2, S≥3 and S=4, the diagnostic sensitivities were 91.2%, 90.8%, 95.8% and 89.7%, with specificities of 90.4%, 98.6%, 93.8% and 95.6% and accuracies of 90.6%, 94.7%, 95.5% and 91.8%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe strain mean can provide specific numerical indicators to determine the degree of liver fibrosis.

Biopsy ; Diffusion ; Hepatitis B, Chronic ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; diagnosis ; Sensitivity and Specificity