Objective To explore the clinico-pathological features and outcomes of primary focal segmental glomerular sclerosis with IgM deposition.Methods One hundred and two patients with primary focal segmental glomemlar sclerosis (pFSGS) in Hangzhou hospital of traditional Chinese medicine between 1996 and 2012 were retrospectively studied.The patients were divided into IgM deposition group (n =66) with IgM deposition in glomeruli and none-IgM deposition group (n =36) without IgM deposition.Baseline and clinical characteristics of all FSGS patients were assessed and outcomes were reviewed.The survival rates of the patients were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method.Results (1) There were not difference in age,sex ratio,incidence of microscopic hematuria,hypertension,renal insufficiency,eGFR,Ccr and Scr between two groups.However,proteinuria,incidence of nephrotic syndrome,urine microalbumin,urine NAG,serum cholesterol,serum high-density lipoprotein,and serum IgM in IgM deposition group were significantly higher than those in none-IgM deposition group (P ＜ 0.05),serum albumin and serum IgA in IgM deposition group were significantly lower than those in none-IgM deposition group (P ＜ 0.05).(2) The IgM deposition group had a significantly higher incidence of glomerular deposition of IgA,IgG,C3,C1q and fibrinogen than none-IgM deposition group (P ＜ 0.05).The score of mesangial matrix proliferation in the IgM deposition group was lower than that in none-IgM deposition group (P ＜ 0.05).(3) fifty-four patients (35 patients in IgM deposition group and 19 patients in none-IgM deposition group) were followed-up for a median of 64.6 (22.8,103.8) months.Progression to renal failure was observed in 5 patients of IgM deposition group and none in none-IgM deposition group.Compared with the none-IgM deposition,the survival rates in the IgM deposition group were statistically lower (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions PFSGS patients with IgM deposition were severer in proteinuria,higher incidence of IgA,IgG,C3,C1q and fibrinogen deposition in glomeruli and worse outcome than those without IgM deposition.

Objective:To deeply analyze differences in characteristics of neurosyphilis between male and female patients with neurosyphilis, as well as between patients with symptomatic neurosyphilis and those with asymptomatic neurosyphilis, and to provide reference for the prevention and control, clinical diagnosis and treatment of neurosyphilis.Methods:A total of 131 inpatients with neurosyphilis were collected from Department of Dermatology and Venereology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from June 2015 to December 2019, and their clinical manifestations and laboratory findings were retrospectively analyzed. These patients were grouped according to gender and neurological/psychiatric symptoms. Measurement data were compared by using two-independent-sample t test or Mann-Whitney U test, and enumeration data were compared by using chi-square test and Fisher′s exact test, to analyze differences in clinical characteristics and laboratory indicators between different groups. Results:Among the 131 patients, there were 72 with asymptomatic neurosyphilis (asymptomatic group) and 59 with symptomatic neurosyphilis (symptomatic group). The proportion of patients receiving syphilis treatment was significantly lower in the symptomatic group (10.17%) than in the asymptomatic group (98.61%, OR = 0.002, P < 0.001). The misdiagnosis rate at the first clinical visit was significantly higher in the male patients (50.00%) than in the female patients (24.49%, OR = 3.08, P = 0.004), as well as in the symptomatic patients (89.83%) than in the asymptomatic patients (0, OR = 13.00, P < 0.001). The proportion of symptomatic patients was significantly higher in male patients (57.32%) than in female patients (14.64%, OR = 4.14, P = 0.003). Compared with the female patients, the male patients showed significantly increased positive rates of toluidine red unheated serum test (TRUST) in the cerebrospinal fluid samples (52.44% vs. 26.54%, OR = 3.05, P = 0.004), increased proportions of patients with elevated levels of total protein (> 0.5 g/L) in cerebrospinal fluids (79.27% vs. 59.18%, OR = 2.64, P = 0.01), increased total protein levels in cerebrospinal fluids (0.76 ± 0.41 g/L vs. 0.56 ± 0.25 g/L, P = 0.002), and increased detection rates of brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities (72.22% vs. 44.90%, OR = 2.13, P = 0.039). The age at diagnosis of the symptomatic female patients (50.82 ± 9.31 years) was significantly higher than that of the asymptomatic female patients (42.30 ± 12.18 years, P = 0.038). The positive rate of TRUST in the cerebrospinal fluid samples was significantly higher in the patients with symptomatic neurosyphilis (55.93%) than in those with asymptomatic neurosyphilis (31.94%, OR = 2.70, P = 0.006), and so was the total protein level in cerebrospinal fluids (0.79 ± 0.46 g/L vs. 0.60 ± 0.24 g/L, P = 0.003) . Conclusion:The misdiagnosis rate of neurosyphilis is high at the first clinic visit; the condition of male patients is more serious than that of female patients; anti-syphilitic treatment history, gender and age may play some role in the development of neurosyphilis.

To investigate the postoperative anxiety and its relationship with life quality in patients with Ménière's diseases.
 Methods: A total of 68 patients with Ménière's disease, who received the treatment of endolymphatic sac decompression from 2010 to 2016, were enrolled. They finished two scales (the self-rating anxiety scale and the quality of life questionnaire for endolymphatic sac decompression of Ménière's disease) by snail mail. The patients were divided into different groups based on their preoperative course, postoperative follow-up time, clinic stage and quality of life after endolymphatic sac decompression surgery, and their anxiety was analyzed. In addition, 109 gender and age-matched patients with other diseases of otorhinolaryngology served as the control group, and their anxiety was also analyzed.
 Results: There was no statistical difference in the postoperative anxiety among the patients with preoperative course for less than 1 year, 1 to 5 years or more than 5 years (all P>0.05). There was no statistical difference in the patients with different duration of follow-up (P>0.05). There was no statistical difference in the patients with the different clinic stages (all P>0.05). There was no statistical difference in the patients with the improved life or non-improved life after surgery (P>0.05). The degree of the anxiety in the Ménière's group was more severe than that in the control group (P<0.01).
 Conclusion: It needs to keep in mind that a certain degree of postoperative anxiety still keeps in patients with Ménière's disease.
Anxiety ; Anxiety Disorders ; Case-Control Studies ; Decompression, Surgical ; methods ; Endolymphatic Sac ; surgery ; Humans ; Meniere Disease ; psychology ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; psychology ; Quality of Life