In our experiment the typical structure of Peyer's patches (PP) of rabbits was absent in neonatal animals, but after birth, it developed gradually and rapidly. On the 6 th day, the lymphoid structure of PP appeared and two types of lymphocytes, T and B, were observed in PP. At the same time, there were some microfold cells in the epithelium of the dome. By half a month, the lymphoid structure of PP matured histologically and later on it was more developed and PP gradually increased in size during the growth of the rabbit. The PP of a 3 month old rabbit were similar to those of the mature animals, but no involution of PP appeared at the stage of sexual maturity.The development of PP in rabbits is closely related to the first antigenic stimulation from the intestinal contents, and T, B lymphocytes and macrophages are present at the start of PP formation. In addition, there is no involution of PP in the adult rabbit. These features of PP in rabbits are different from those of the bursa of Fabricius, so it is inappropriate to regard the PP of rabbits as the homologue of the avian bursa of Fabricius.

Objective To investigate the possibility and surgical effect of simultaneous tympanoplasty to chronic suppurative otitis media in the period of infection. Methods Forty-eight cases (48 ears) with chronic suppurative otitis media in the period of infection (31 with cholesteatoma, 17 with caries) were underwent simultaneous Wullstein Ⅱ and Ⅲ tympanoplasty on the complete elimination of the lesions (typical or modified mastoidectomy). Results All eases had dry ears within 4-10 weeks with average of 7 weeks. The air-bone gap within 10 dB was in 11 eases, 15 to 20 dB in 25 cases, 25 to 30 dB in 9 eases, no change or worse in 3 eases. Conclusions Infection is not the absolute eontraindication to the tympanoplasty in treating chronic suppurative otitis media, Wullstein Ⅲ tympanoplasty plus mastoid cavity obliteration and eonchaplasty is a suitable choice to treating chronic suppurative otitis media on the complete elimination of lesions and reconstruction of the ventilation system among mastoid cavity, tympanum and eustachian. The malfunction of eustachian is the main eanse to failure of surgery.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy for the treatment of the patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods: Between June,1992 and January,1995, 110 patients with Stage Ⅲ , Ⅳ a nasopharyngeal carcinoma ( 92 stage system) at random received one course of chemotherapy [cisplatin 20 mg· (m2· d)-1 iv on days 1-5 and 5-fluorouracil 500 mg· (m2· d)-1 iv on days 1-5.] before radiotherapy (which started 3 days after the first cycle of chemotherapy ) and three to five cycles of postradiotherapy chemotherapy (chemotherapy/radiotherapy: including 55 patients) or radiotherapy alone (radiotherapy group:including 55 patients). The methods and time/dose schedule of radiotherapy were similar in the two groups. Results: The 5-year survival rate was 65.5％ in the chemotherapy/radiotherapy as compared with 34.5％ in the radiotherapy group (P=0.0012). The primary lesion control rates were 69.1％ (chemotherapy/radiotherapy) and 43.6％ (radiotherapy group), respectively(P=0.0071). The cervical lymph node control rates were 67.3％ (chemotherapy/radiotherapy) and 45.4％ (radiotherapy group), respectively (P=0.021). The distant metastatic rate was 21.8％ (chemotherapy/radiotherapy) versus 41.8％ (radiotherapy group), respectively (P=0.0243). There was no significant difference in the incidence and severity of acute mucositis between the two groups during radiotherapy. Conclusion:This prospective study has demonstrated that alternating cisplatin/5-fluorouracil chemotherapy and early administration of locoregional radiotherapy can improve the survival and local disease control , and delay the distant metastasis in the patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the consistency and diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting microvascular invasion (MVI) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the validity of deep learning attention mechanisms and clinical features for MVI grade prediction. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted among 158 patients with HCC treated in Shunde Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University between January, 2017 and February, 2020. The imaging data and clinical data of the patients were collected to establish single sequence deep learning models and fusion models based on the EfficientNetB0 and attention modules. The imaging data included conventional MRI sequences (T₁WI, T₂WI, and DWI), enhanced MRI sequences (AP, PP, EP, and HBP) and synthesized MRI sequences (T1mapping-pre and T1mapping-20 min), and the high-risk areas of MVI were visualized using deep learning visualization techniques. RESULTS: The fusion model based on T1mapping-20min sequence and clinical features outperformed other fusion models with an accuracy of 0.8376, a sensitivity of 0.8378, a specificity of 0.8702, and an AUC of 0.8501 for detecting MVI. The deep fusion models were also capable of displaying the high-risk areas of MVI. CONCLUSION The fusion models based on multiple MRI sequences can effectively detect MVI in patients with HCC, demonstrating the validity of deep learning algorithm that combines attention mechanism and clinical features for MVI grade prediction.
Humans ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Retrospective Studies ; Liver Neoplasms ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Algorithms