Eighty-two dissections of the lumbar sympathetic chain on 41 cadavers of Chineseadults were studied. It was found that the number of ganglia varies from 2--6. Themost common number is three ganglia, which was found in 38 dissections (46. 3％), thenext common number is four ganglia, present in 22 dissections (26. 8％). The symmetrical arrangement of the ganglia on both sides is uncommon. The loca-tion of the lumbar sympathetic ganglia with their associated vertebral bodies is also ofimportance. They usually overlie the vertebral bodies of the same number. A ganglionis present more frequently at the level of the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra than atany other vertebra. This was found in 69 out of 82 dissections. Variations in the number of ganglia may be accounted for by the fusion of two ormore ganglia into one large ganglion and the latter is connected with multiple spinalnerves. The fused ganglia found on both sides were 28 (10.2％), among which the fusionof GL_2 and GL_3 is most common. The direction of the communicating rami of individual ganglion varies greatly; theymay run either cranially, caudally or transversely. Therefore, the identification of anindividual ganglion by the direction of its rami is unreliable. The number of rami ofeach ganglion varies from zero to six, most of them having two rami. This was foundin 82 out of 248 ganglia (33％). Each lumbar spinal nerve receives 1--5 commnunicatingbranches, the upper two nerves mostly have two rami and the lower three nerves haveone only.

Objective To evaluate the role of CT imaging in staging of hypopharyngeal and laryngeal carcinoma.Methods 85 patients with hypopharyngeal or laryngeal carcinoma proved by operation were examined contrast-enhanced CT scan.The CT images were analysed by two experienced radiologists who were unknown pathologic results,in combination with the clinical data,the TNM staging of tumors were evaluated,then the results were compared with that of pathology,and Wilcoxon rank sum test was used for statistical analysis.P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results The accuracy of the staging of lesions was 70.1% based on clinical data alone,while the clinical informations in combination with CT,the accuracy reached 87.1%,that was of significant statistically(P=0.001).Conclusion CT imaging is useful in staging of hypopharyngeal and laryngeal carcinoma,especially when it is combined with clinical data.

Objective:To construct a nomogram model to predict the tolerance of postoperative chemotherapy in endometrial cancer patients by analyzing nutrition-related indexes.Methods:Patients with endometrial cancer who underwent surgery and postoperative chemotherapy in Suzhou Municipal Hospital from July 2013 to July 2019 were included in this study. Some nutrition-related indexes were collected, including age, diabetes, body mass index(BMI), blood albumin, prealbumin, lymphocyte count, hemoglobin, blood platelets, C-reactive protein and blood cholesterol, aspertate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and chemotherapy tolerance. The model for prediction of postoperative chemotherapy tolerance of patients with endometrial cancer were constructed by analyzing these nutrition-related indexes.Results:A total of 83 patients were enrolled, aged from 32 to 81 years, with an average age of (55.15 ± 9.38) years, and BMI were 14.53 - 30.11 kg/m 2, with an average BMI of (22.03 ± 2.93) kg/m 2. All the 83 patients were confirmed as endometrial cancer by postoperative pathology, and received TP or TC chemotherapy after surgery. Before starting chemotherapy, 83 patients were scored on the NRS-2002 scale, 43 were considered to be at risk of malnutrition or nutrition. After receiving chemotherapy, 34 patients developed intolerance to chemotherapy, and the remaining 49 were tolerable. The results of univariate and multivariate regression analysis showed that the presence or absence of diabetes ( HR = 5.634, P = 0.038), lymphocyte count ( HR = 0.146, P = 0.004), and albumin ( HR = 0.857, P = 0.011) were independent influencing factors of chemotherapy tolerance. Conclusions:Diabetes mellitus, lymphocyte count and albumin level can be used to predict the tolerance of chemotherapy in patients with endometrial cancer. The nomogram model of these three nutrition-related indexeshad a good prediction ability to predict the tolerance of chemotherapy in patients with endometrial cancer.

Objective:To describe the characteristics of genotype and phenotype in 3 families with X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) due to RS1 mutations. Methods:A cross-sectional approach was adopted.Three XLRS families at the Ningxia Eye Hospital from October 2017 to March 2019 were included.Clinical data and peripheral blood of patients and related families were collected and clinically staged were formulated through a comprehensive eye examination.The disease-causing genes screened by panel sequencing underwent conservative analysis, pathogenicity analysis and protein structure prediction by software tools.Analysis of the mutations pathogenicity was performed according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guidelines.The research was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of the People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and followed the Declaration of Helsinki.Written informed consent was obtained from each participant.Results:Total 5 young male patients and 1 middle-aged patient in these three families.The optical coherence tomography(OCT) findings of 5 young patients showed typical macular retinoschisis, which were characterized by stage I of XLRS.One middle-aged patient (Ⅱ-9) showed a stage Ⅲ lesion of macular atrophy.The mutations of c. 668G>A, c.618G>A and exon 1 deletion in RS1 gene were found in the three families.C223 and W206 were verified to be highly conserved in mammals and were predicted to be pathogenic mutations by software and the change of protein structure.Conservation analysis and prediction of protein structure were not performed for the mutation of exon 1 deletion.All the mutations were pathogenic variants according to the ACGM guidelines. Conclusions:Mutations of c. 668G>A/p.C223Y, c.618G>A/p.W206X and exon 1 deletion in RS1 gene are pathogenic mutations in Chinese XLRS families.The combination of Panel sequencing with pathogenicity analysis and protein structure prediction have important effect to diagnosis and identify the causative genes for the hereditary retinal diseases.

Neurexin-3α, discovered in 2016, is a new type of autoimmune encephalitis antibody. Anti-neurexin-3α antibody-associated encephalitis is generally associated with prodromal symptoms or mood changes, having main clinical manifestations as seizures, memory disorders, confusion or loss of consciousness, central ventilation insufficiency, abnormal behavior, and speech disorders. This paper reviews the relevant research progress at home and abroad about pathogenesis, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of anti-neurexin-3α antibody-associated encephalitis, so as to expand the understanding of clinicians for this disease.