Constitution is an important factor to determine the susceptibility and the occurrence of disease. This article analyzed causes and characteristics of damp-heat constitution, the change of damp-heat constitution to damp-heat syndrome, the relationship between damp-heat constitution and the occurrence and development of diabetes mellitus. It reached the conclusion that damp-heat constitution is one of the important factors of diabetes mellitus, that damp-heat syndrome is always accompanied with the development of diabetes, and proposed the treatment methods of lifestyle intervention, elimination of pathogens through purgation and diuresis, nourishing yin and dredging the collaterals. It also proposed the new ideas and thoughts of early intervention in damp-heat constitution and distinguishing constitution therapy for the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Sysmex CA-1500 is used for in vitro diagnostic fully automatic blood coagulation analyzer, can rapid precision analysis batch sample. It is the use of condensation, yield color and immunoassay methods to detect and analyze data, and the result can be saved, display and print. This article mainly introduces Sysmex CA-1500 Full-Automatic Coagulation Analyzer analysis and fault field analysis and in the use process, share met fault point inspection analysis, for their peers to provide a platform.

Objective To investigate the protective effects of Cilazapri l on focal cerebral ischemia of spontaneous hypertensive rats. Method Focal cerebral ischemia of spontaneous hypertensive rats wer e made by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery(MCA). Cilazapril treated group was taken cilazapril 4 weeks before model was made. TTC staining,HE staining,Nis sl's staining,immunohistochemistry, and image analysis were taken to estimate th e area of ischemia,number of dead neural cells,optical density of positive cell of Nissl's staining,HSP70 and NF-k BP65 immunohistochemistry reaction in ischem ia area. Result Cilazapril could reduce the area of ischemia and behavior sc ores,decrease the number of died neural ce lls,increase the optical density of positive cell of Nissl's staining,reduce th e optical density of NF-k BP65. No effect on HSP70 immunohistochemistry reactio n was found. Conclusion Cilazapril could decrease infarction of focal ischemia o f spontaneous hypertensive rats, promote the functional restoration of rats,decr ease nerve cell death,inhibit the expression of NF-k B. Cilazapril inhibited in flammatory reaction and that could be one of its protective mechanisms.

Objective To investigate the correlation of blood lipid metabolism abnormity and other components of metabolic syndrome on angiocardiopathy and cerebrovascular diseases in the elderly people. Methods The clinical data of elderly people, who underwent medical examination during 1996 to 2005 in the General Hospital of PLA, were retrospectively analyzed. Based on the analysis, the co-existence of blood lipid disorders with glucose metabolic abnormity, hypertension and obesity, as well as their influence on cardio-cerebrovascular diseases were further analyzed. Results The prevalence of blood lipid metabolic disturbance was 69.6%, in which the prevalence of hyper-cholesteremia and hyper-triglyceride were 23.6% and 21.7%, respectively. The prevalence of hyper-cholesteremia accompanied by hyper-triglyceride (mixed group) was 19.3%, that of hyper-triglyceride with lower high density lipoprotein cholesterol was 5.03%, while it was 30.4% in the normal group. There was a higher risk of having the above abnormal condition in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity, and they were more frequently complicated by hypertension in the hyper-triglyceride group (70.8%). When the patients with lipid metabolic disturbance were complicated by T2DM, hypertension and obesity, the prevalence of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases increased. The prevalence of CHD was higher in the patients with hyper-cholesteremia and hypertension or diabetes, and incidence of both CHD and CVD was higher in the patients with hyper-triglyceride and either one of hypertension, diabetes or obesity. Conclusion There is high prevalence of lipid metabolic disturbance (more than two thirds) and other components of metabolic syndrome, and high risk of suffering from cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases in elderly people. The aging patients with hyper-triglyceride are vulnerable to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases, and more attention should be paid in clinical practice in future.

Prevention and treatment of tumor metastasis are important for the therapy of colon cancer. The discovery of stem cell markers provides a new approach for radical treatment of cancer. So far,the colon cancer stem cell markers discovered included several membrane protein molecules,transcription factors and related signal pathway. Exploration of colon cancer stem cell markers could contribute to the treatment of colon cancer and improve the survival rate and life quality of patients. This article reviewed the advances in study on colon cancer stem cell markers.

Objective To retrospectively evaluate the necessity to dissect the recurrent laryngeal nerve in operation of thyroid gland.Methods From Jan 2004 to Jan 2009,there were 512 patients in our hospital who underwent operation of thyroid gland,and they were divided into two groups aecording to whether or not the recurrent laryngeal nerve was dissected during the operation.The rate of injury of recurrent laryngeal nerve between the two groups was compared.Results Among the 189 cases in dissection of recurrent laryngeal nerve group,3 cases(1.59%) had hoarseness after operation,and in the 323 cases without dissection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve group,5 cases(1.55%) had hoarseness after operation,but the difference was not significant(1.59% vs.1.55%).However,in the high risk cases between the two groups,the difference was significant(1.02% vs.3.95%).Conclusions Whether oe not to dissect the recurrent laryngeal nerve should be decided by the specific circumstances.For most benign lesions,one should,if possible,not expose the recurrent laryngeal nerve;but for large thyroid neoplasms,second or multiple operations and thyroid cancer,exposure of recurrent laryngeal nerve is necessary.

Objective To summarize the features of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRi) of hepatic cystic echinococcosis, and investigate the key points of identification and diagnosis.Methods The clinical data of 58 patients with hepatic cystic echinococcosis who were admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University from August 2011 to August 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.Patients received plain and enhanced scan of CT and MRI.Hepatic cystic echinococcosis was divided into the 5 types according to the literatures, including unilocular echinococcasis in type Ⅰ, multivesicular hydatid cysts in type Ⅱ, anechoic content with detachment of laminated membrane from the cyst wall in type Ⅲ, calcification of lesions in type Ⅳ and mixed echinococcosis in type Ⅴ.Patients who were diagnosed as with definite or suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis underwent surgery.The follow-up including observing the recurrence of hepatic cystic echinococcosis was performed by outpatient examination and telephone interview at postoperative month 3, 6, 12 for 1 year and then once every year up to August 2015, and was ended if there was no recurrence for more than 5 years.Results (1) The results of CT and MRI examinations: of the 58 patients, 54 received scan of CT and 21 received scan of MRI.Seventeen patients were detected in type Ⅰ with clear-boundary and low-density cystic lesions by CT examination;MRI examinations showed there were single or multiple, round or oval abnormal signal including low T1WI signal, high T2 WI signal and low T1 WI and T2WI signal of cyst wall.Thirteen patients were detected in type Ⅱ, CT examination showed the daughter cysts of multiple sizes were found in the mother cyst, arranged in honeycomb or wheel shape;MRI examination showed there were lower T1 WI signal in the daughter cyst and higher T2 WI signal in the daughter cyst compared with signal in the mother cyst, and low signal in the cyst wall of the daughter cyst and mother cyst.Six patients were detected in type Ⅲ with capsule in capsule sign and water snake sign by CT examination and ribbon sign by MRI examination.Thirteen patients were detected in type Ⅳ, CT examination showed there were irregular high-density calcified shadow with the performances for return sample or sample volume skins changes.Nine patients in type Ⅴ had more than 2 kinds of lesions.(2) Diagnosis: 4 patients were misdiagnosed by CT examination including 3 with preoperative diagnosis of hepatic cyst and 1 with preoperative diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma of liver, with an accurate rate of diagnosis of 92.6％ (50/54).Two patients with preoperative diagnosis of hepatic cystic adenocarcinoma were misdiagnosed by MRI examination, with an accurate rate of diagnosis of 90.5％ (19/21).(3) Treatment and follow-up: 58 patients underwent surgery, including 40 undergoing internal capsule removal with external capsule suturing (31 with open operation and 9 with laparoscopic operation), 10 undergoing partial hepatectomy and 8 undergoing external capsule enucleation.Of 58 patients, 3 were complicated with effusion of residual cavity, 2 with unclosed external capsule, 1 with bile leakage and then was cured after 4-8 week drainage.Fifty patients were followed up for 12.0-48.0 months with a median time of 27.1 months and a follow-up rate of 86.2％ (50/58).During the follow-up, 1 patient undergoing internal capsule removal had recurrence at postoperative month 8 and was cured by CT-guided interventional therapy using absolute alcohol, and other patients had no recurrence.Conclusions There was a higher accuracy in CT and MRI examinations for hepatic cystic echinococcosis.Honeycomb and wheel shapes are characteristic findings of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in type Ⅱ.The characteristic performances of CT examination for hepatic cystic echinococcosis in type Ⅲ are capsule in capsuleand water snake signs, and characteristic performances of MRI examination is ribbon sign.The ring-like enhancement of edge by MRI examination is an essential of identification and diagnosis between hepatic cystic echinococcosis and hepatic cyst, and irregular calcification is a differential point between hepatic echinococcosis and hepatic tumor.

Objective To summarize the features of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and investigate the key points of diagnosis and identification.Methods The retrospective and descriptive study was conducted.The clinical data of 21 patients with AIP who were admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University between February 2012 and February 2015 were collected.All the patients underwent plain and enhanced scans of CT and MRI,and magnetic resonanced cholangio-pancreatography (MRCP),and then received hormone therapy.Eleven patients with pancreatic cancer and 11 normal subjects who were diagnosed by MRI in the same period were selected,and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was calculated and compared.Observation indicators:(1) situation of imaging examination:① pancreatic manifestations:density,signal,atrophy,calcification and enlargement of pancreas,change of pancreatic duct,② manifestations out of pancreas:changes of biliary tract system and kidney,③ diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and ADC:comparisons of ADC among AIP,pancreatic cancer and normal pancreas;(2) diagnosis;(3) treatment and follow-up.The follow-up using outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed to detect the clinical symptoms and signs up to February 2016.Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as (-x)-± s.Comparisons among groups were done using one-way ANOVA.Pairwise comparison was analyzed by Dunnett'T3 test.Results (1) Situation of imaging examination:Of 21 patients,17 received scan of CT and 11 received scan of MRI (7 combined with scan of CT).① Pancreatic manifestations:14 patients had diffuse enlargement of pancreas,with full edge and “sausage-like” change.Plain scan of CT showed uniform isodense shadow,and enhanced scan showed that reduced enhancement in arterial phase and gradually homogenous enhancement in portal vein phase and lag phase with no enhancement in edge of pancreas.Plain scan of MRI showed lesions were manifested as slight hypointensity on T1 weighted imaging (T1WI),slight hyperintensity on T2WI and hyperintensity on DWI.Enhanced scan of MRI showed delayed enhancement,edge of lesions was manifested as slight hypointensity on T1WI and T2WI,without enhancement.Atrophy and calcification of pancreas:3 patients had atrophy of pancreatic parenchyma in which scattered calcification were seen.Enlargement of pancreas:4 patients had localized enlargement of pancreas showing “false tumor-like” change,including 2 with localized enlargement in head of pancreas.Change of pancreatic duct:MRCP showed that diffuse stenosis,local stenosis and local dilatation of pancreatic ducts were respectively detected in 4,3 and 1 patients.② Manifestations out of pancreas:11 patients had changes of biliary tract system,showing intrahepatic bile duct and common bile duct dilation,partial stenosis and extensive bile duct wall thickening.Enhanced scan of MRI showed there was obvious enhancement of bile duct wall.MRCP of 4 patients showed that the beak-like stenosis was seen in the distal common bile duct.Three patients had kidney changes,enhanced scan of CT showed that kidney demonstrated patch-shape hypodense shadow in arterial phase and homogenous enhancement of patch-shape hypodense shadow in lag phase,and plain scan of MRI showed that kidney lesions demonstrated equal signal on T1WI fat suppression (FS) and patch-shape low signal on T2WI FS.Lesions had gradually homogenous enhancement in substance phase and lag phase.③ DWI and ADC:lesions in patients with AIP and pancreatic cancer demonstrated high signal on DWI (b =1 000 s/mm2) compared with adjacent tissues (no involvement in pancreas or normal pancreatic parenchyma),ADC of pancreas in patients with AIP,with pancreatic cancer and with normal population was (0.001 30 ± 0.000 35)mm2/s,(0.000 80 ± 0.000 14) mm2/s and (0.001 60-± 0.000 24) mm2/s,respectively,with a statistically significant difference (F =30.409,P ＜ 0.05).There were statistically significant differences between patients with pancreatic cancer and patients with AIP or normal population (P ＜ 0.05) and no statistically significant difference between patients with AIP and with normal population (P ＞ 0.05).(2) Diagnosis:11 patients were diagnosed by CT examination,with a diagnostic accuracy of 11/17.Eight patients were diagnosed by MRI examination,with a diagnostic accuracy of 8/11.One patient was misdiagnosed as cancer of pancreatic head by CT and MRI examinations,and 1 was misdiagnosed as cancer in the distal common bile duct.(3) Treatment and follow-up:21 patients underwent regular hormone therapy,and 40 mg prednisolone was given orally a daily for 3-4 weeks and then gradually reduced to 5 mg up to complete relief of the symptoms.All the 21 patients were followed up for 12-45 months.Of 17 patients with abdominal pain and distension,symptoms of 7 patients disappeared and symptoms of 10 patients decreased or occasionally occurred.Of 10 patients associated with jaundice,symptoms of 7 and 2 patients disappeared and decreased,respectively,and symptoms of 1 patient subsided.Conclusion CT and MRI examinations of pancreas demonstrate “sausage-like” and “false tumor-like” changes,the non-neoplastic bile and pancreatic duct stenosis combined with IgG4 related diseases in other organs is an important imaging evidence for diagnosis and differential diagnosis of AIP.

Background The classical theory from Gass holds that idiopathic macular hole (IMH) is due to the dragging of vitreous cortex in the tangent direction on the macular region,while spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT)studies found that the diameters of inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) absence (DIOA) region was closely associated with vision ability of IMH patients.Enhanced depth imaging (EDI) is thought to be a new method to study the relation between DIOA and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) ,but there are few relevant reports.Objective This study aimed to observe the correlation between photoreceptor IS/OS junction and SFCT before and after vitrectomy in IMH by EDI SD-OCT.Methods Forty unilateral IMH patients were enrolled in Affiliated Foshan Hospital of Southern Medical University from June 2011 to June 2013.Vitrectomy (23G) was performed on the patients by the same operator.EDI mode of SD-OCT was used to measure DIOA and SFCT in horizontal direction before and 6 months after surgery.The relationship between DIOA and SFCT was evaluated using Pearson linear correlation analysis.Written informed consent was obtained from each patient before medical assessment.Results IMH was anatomically closed after vitrectomy in 34 eyes with the closure rate 85％.The mean DIOA was (1 280±753) μm in preoperation, which was significantly higher than (656 ± 322) μm in postoperation (t =4.989, P =0.000).The mean SFCT was (130±43)μm in preoperation,showing a slight reduce in comparison with (140±38)μrn in postoperation, but there was not statistical significance between them (t =-1.407, P =0.175).Negative correlations were found between DIOA and SFCT in both preoperation and postoperation (preoperation:r=-0.748 ,P=0.000;postoperation: r=-0.686,P =0.001).Conclusions The alteration of DIOA shows a negative correlation with SFCT in IMH eyes,suggesting a contributing role of the choroid in the change of photoreceptors of IMH.

Background Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) of macular zone is one of blinding eye diseases.Conventional treatment methods include photodynamic therapy and intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs.However,there are some adverse effects following these treatments.Researches showed that fiajianzhujing decoction,a Chinese herbal medicine,can inhibit CNV.Objective This study was to investigate the impact of drug serum offiajianzhujing decocation (drug serum) on the proliferation of rat choroidal vascular endothelial cells (RCVECs).Methods Jiajianzhujing decoction (0.525 g/ml) was used by intragastric administration with the dosage 20 ml/kg for 3 days,and the abdominal aortic blood was collected 2 hours after last dosage to prepare the drug serum.Cultured RCVECs were divided into 4 groups.CoCl2 with the concentration of 100 μmol/L (100 μl) was added in the medium to establish the anoxic models in the CoCl2 group,and 20％ drug serum was added in the anoxic culture medium in the drug serum+CoCl2 group.Regular culture medium was used in the blank control group,and 20％ pure serum was added in the anoxic culture medium in the pure serum+CoCl2 group.The cells were incubated for consecutive 24 hours,and the growth of the cells was detected by monotetrazolium (MTT) assay as absorbance (A).The expressions of gene and protein of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 α (HIF-1 α) and VEGF in the cells were detected by reverse transcription PCR and Western blot,respectively.This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Eye Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.Results Cultured cells grew well with fusiform shape.Hypoxic cell models were created by adding CoCl2.The mean A values were 0.659± 0.051,0.757±0.553,0.683±0.037 and O.731 ±O.038 in the blank control group,CoCl2 group,drug serum+CoCl2 group and pure serum+CoCl2 group,respectively,and the A value in the CoCl2 group was significantly elevated in comparison with the blank control group and drug serum+CoCl2 group (both at P＜0.O1).The significant differences were found in the relative expressions of HIF-1 α and VEGF among the blank control group,CoCl2 group,drug serum+ CoC12 group and pure serum+CoCl2 group (HIF-1 α:F =3.100,P＜0.05;VEGF mRNA:F =3.420,P＜0.05;HIF-1 α protein:F=470.600,P =0.000;VEGF protein:F =146.700,P =0.000),and the relative expressions of HIF-1α mRNA,VEGF mRNA,HIF-1α protein and VEGF protein in the CoCl2 group were significantly higher than those in the blank control group and drug serum+CoCl2 group (all at P＜0.05).Conclusions Drug serum ofjiajianzhujing decoction can inhibit the growth and proliferation of hypoxic RCVECs by down-regulating the secretion of HIF-1α and VEGF.