1.Two cases of bullous pemphigoid after long-term treatment with toripalimab
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2021;54(2):131-135
Case 1, a 63-year-old female patient presented with blisters and bullae arising in erythema all over the body with itching for 2 months. Two years ago, the patient underwent peri-intestinal lymph node dissection for the treatment of malignant melanoma of the rectum and anal canal, and received intravenous injection of toripalimab for preventive treatment for 1 year, and generalized skin lesions occurred 2 weeks after drug withdrawal. Direct immunofluorescence testing of erythema on the upper extremities showed that immunoglobulin G (IgG) was deposited along the basement membrane zone; salt-split indirect immunofluorescence testing of a serum sample showed liner deposition of IgG in the epidermis. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed that the serum level of anti-BP180 antibodies was over 200 U/ml. The patient was diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid, but it was doubtful whether the disease was caused by PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab or not. Then, the patient received oral minocycline at a dose of 200 mg/d and prednisolone acetate at a dose of 20 mg/d, and topically applied halometasone cream all over the body. After half-a-month treatment, the blisters crusted over and the erythema darkened in color. Case 2, a 36-year-old female patient presented with generalized blisters and itching for more than 3 months. The skin lesions manifested as tense blisters, bullae, bloody bullae and crusts on the edematous erythema. The patient had a 3-year history of vaginal malignant melanoma, which was stage Ⅳ postoperative melanoma with local recurrence and lymph node metastasis nearby the right iliac vessels. After 2-year treatment with intravenous injection of toripalimab, generalized skin lesions occurred all over the body. Direct immunofluorescence testing of the erythema showed weakly positive staining for IgG, and linear deposition of IgG along the basement membrane zone; salt-split indirect immunofluorescence testing of a serum sample showed liner deposition of IgG in the epidermis. ELISA revealed that the serum level of anti-BP180 antibodies was over 200 U/ml. The case 2 was diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid, but it was also doubtful whether the disease was caused by PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab or not. Then, the case 2 was treated with oral doxycycline at a dose of 200 mg/d and oral prednisolone acetate at a dose of 40 mg/d. After 2-week treatment, the blisters completely crusted over and erythema darkened in color.
2.Research and Study on Simulation of Laser Thermo Keratoplasty
Hongmei WANG ; Wei ZHANG ; Haitao DU ; Xixue ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2009;26(6):1531-1535
Objective: Our eyes are one of the most complicated physical organs. Many solutions have been put forward for hyperopia, myopia, aging eye and xenetnbole, which shows that great attention has been paid to illnesses related with cornea. Ophthalmic refractive surgery is one of the most advanced medical fields in ophthalmology, and laser treatment of myopia has been widely used around the world. With the matured myopia treatment, the treatment of hyperopia has increasingly become the focus of attention. However, there hasn't been the effective treatment of hyperemia, in particular, high hyperemia. Therefore, it is both academically and practically valuable to explore the laser treatment for hyperopia. Methods: In this paper, on the basis of Virtual Reality(VR) technology, a semiconductor laser thermal angioplasty framework for medical simulation system is established. In combination with the methods of object-oriented design and modular design, a simulation system is designed and developed. Results: The system performs the initial simulation functions of forecast, calculation and demonstration of semiconductor laser comeal thermal angioplasty in the treatment for hyperopia. Conclusion: The interactive simulation of the system modules can enable medical workers to experience and learn the actual surgical operations through the rehearsal process, and can also improve the modes, efficiency and quality of medical education and training, which has its practical value for the improvement of study of medicine. Corneal information database can help medical workers to facilitate clinical cornea information management With the deepening study, the functions can also be improved and with the increase in the data of the clinical cases and the improvement of the database, the forecast will be more accurate. The perfect interface for database、record and the property operation in the database have been developed in database management module of the system, which can easily manage and apply the comeal data.
3.Castleman Tumor in Association with Paraneopiastic Pemphigus-A Report of 10 Cases
Xuejun ZHU ; Jing WANG ; Xixue CHEN ; Rengui WANG ; Lanbo ZHANG ; Ting LI ; Aiping WANG ; Shuxia YANG ; Ping TU ; Ruoyu LI ; Yan WU ; Haizhen YANG ; Suzhen JI
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2003;0(12):-
Objective To obtain a better understaning of the clinical features of Castleman tumor associated paraneoplastic pemphigus. Methods The clinical features and therapy of 10 cases of this disease, diagnosed in the Department of Dermatology of Peking University First Hospital were analyzed. Results Castleman tumor was shown to be the most common neoplasm associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus in China. The clinical presentations, histopathologic characteristics, CT scan findings, and immunologic features were all unique. The early diagnosis and removal of the Castleman tumor are crucial for the treatment of this tumor-associated autoimmune disease. Conclusions Because Castleman tumor is directly related to the induction of autoimmunity, early diagnosis and prompt removal of the tumor are essential to the management of this disease.
4.Study for lung sound acquisition module based on ARM and Linux.
Qiang LU ; Wenfeng LI ; Xixue ZHANG ; Junmin LI ; Longqing LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2011;35(4):263-265
A acquisition module with ARM and Linux as a core was developed. This paper presents the hardware configuration and the software design. It is shown that the module can extract human lung sound reliably and effectively.
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5.Long-term effectiveness and safety of rituximab for the treatment of pemphigus
Yuan CHANG ; Xixue CHEN ; Mingyue WANG ; Chenyang ZHANG ; Xuejun ZHU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2020;53(4):279-284
Objective:To assess the long-term effectiveness and safety of rituximab (RTX) for the treatment of pemphigus, and to evaluate the effect of RTX on immune indices.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted, and patients with pemphigus who received monotherapy or combination therapy with RTX (375 mg/m 2 body surface area, once a week for 4 consecutive weeks) were collected from the Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital from February 2008 to July 2017. Levels of autoantibodies and proportion of B cells in patients were determined at baseline and different follow-up time points, and their changes and relationship with therapeutic effect were analyzed. Time-to-event outcomes (disease control, complete remission and relapse) were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. The median ( M) as well as 25th ( P25) and 75th ( P75) percentile values were calculated for repeatedly measured immune indices (autoantibodies and B cells) , and the median level of immune indice-time curve was drawn. Results:A total of 53 patients of Han nationality with pemphigus were included, including 40 with pemphigus vulgaris and 13 with pemphigus foliaceus. The male to female ratio was 0.96∶1, the median age was 37.4 years, and the median duration of disease was 13.4 months at baseline. The median follow-up duration ( P25, P75) was 37.5 (25.0, 54.7) months. Forty-eight (90.6%) patients achieved disease control, and the time to disease control was 1.7 (1.1, 3.2) months. Thirty-eight (71.7%) patients achieved complete remission, and the time to complete remission was 13.1 (9.6, 27.5) months. During the follow up, 12 of the 38 (31.6%) patients who had complete remission experienced recurrence, with the time to recurrence being 12.4 (4.8, 19.8) months. The median immune indice level-time curve showed that anti-Dsg1 and Dsg3 autoantibody levels decreased when skin lesions resolved, but increased when skin lesions relapsed. The most common severe adverse reaction was pulmonary infection, with a mortality rate of 3.8% (2/53) . Conclusions:RTX shows marked long-term effectiveness for the treatment of pemphigus. Pulmonary infection during treatment is worthy of the highest attention. The autoantibody levels can serve as an index for evaluating the effectiveness of RTX in the treatment of pemphigus.