1.Pulmonary sequestration: case report and review of the literature
Yan XIAO ; Haiyan WANG ; Zhongguang WEN ; Nan MA
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2008;15(5):762-763
Objective To highlight the characteristics of pulmonary sequestration (PS) with combination of practical experience and review of literature. Methods One patient with PS confirmed by biopsy was described and the relevant literatures of 279 cases were reviewed. Results PS can be divided into two types: intralobar type and extralobar type. The percentage of intralobar type is about 78.5%, intralobar type is 13.3%, other unreported is 8.2%. Clinically, PS was often combined by repeated pulmonary infection. The mis-diagnose rate is 72.8%. Etrograde arteriography or enhanced CT scan could find the abnormal artery, from which we can make correct diagnosis. The diagnose rate is 100%. Conclusion For patients with above clinical and X-ray symptoms, PS should be considered. Enhanced CT or retropgrade arteriography examination should be done as soon as possible. Timely diagnosis and surgery treatment are important for curing this kind of disease.
2.Radiographical diagnosis of posttraumatic knee joints hemarthrosis and lipohemarthrosis
Shuling LI ; Xulin LIU ; Qingju SUN ; Heng MA ; Guanghui ZHANG ; Chengtao ZHOU ; Xiaofeng TANG ; Wenle LI ; Zhongguang LIU ; Baozheng ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2008;42(7):692-696
Objective To explore the imaging findings and diagnostic values of X-ray, CT, MR,and ultrasonography in traumatic knee joints hemarthrosis and lipohemarthrosis. Methods Traumatic knee joints hemarthrosis (12 knees) and lipohemarthrosis (18 knees) proved by operation (27 knees) or puncturation (3 knees) were included in the study. Horizontal-beam plain radiographs (16 knees), CT (30 knees), MRI (30 knees) and ultrasonography (24 knees) in supine position were investigated. Results (1)supine position horizontal-beam plain radiographs: Fat-liquid layer was found in 8 cases of lipohemarthrosis. Dense supragenual bursa was found in 1 case of lipohemarthrosis and 7 cases of hemarthrosis. Fracture (13 knees) was diagnosed correctly. (2) CT findings: double fluid-fluid layer was found in 11 of all 18 cases, and single fluid-fluid layer was found in 7 of 11 cases of lipohemarthrosis. Single fluid-fluid layer was found in 3 of 12 cases of hemarthrosis. Isodensity was detected in 9 cases, and high-density blood clot was found in 4 cases. Fracture (30 knees) was diagnosed correctly. (3) MRI findings: in 12 of 18 cases of lipohemarthrosis, double fluid-fluid layer was shown including supernatant layer as short T1, long T2signal and low signal after fat-suppression, middle layer as long T1, long T2 signal and high signal after fat-suppression, and dependent layer as iso-T1, iso-T2 and slight high signal after fat-suppression. Single fluid-fluid layer was seen in 6 cases, only had aforementioned upper and under layer.Only aforementioned supernatant layer and dependent layer were seen in 12 cases of hemarthrosis. 4 cases showed entire blood clot in fluid, T1WI showed middle signal or center iso-signal accompanied with peripheral high signal ring, and fat-suppression imaging showed high signal. T2WI and fat-suppressionimaging showed middling or high signal accompanied with peripheral low signal ring. Fracture (30 knees) was diagnosed correctly. (4) Ultrasound findings: In 10 of 14 cases of lipohemarthrosis, double fluid-fluid level was shown, supernatant layer as equal echo, middle layer as echoless, and dependent layer as cloudy echo. Four cases with single fluid-fluid level only showed aforementioned upper and under layer. Three of 10 cases of hemarthrosis showed single fluid-fluid level, only showing aforementioned upper and under layer,and 7 cases showed cloudy echo and float. In 3 cases the fluid blood clot showed irregular shape low-equal echo bolus. No fracture hne was found. Conclusions CT can clearly detect fracture line, hemarthrosis and lipohemarthresis, and can substitute plain radiography. MRI is the best way to diagnose hemarthresis and lipohemarthrosis. Ultrasonography can be used in diagnosing hemarthresis and lipohemarthrosis but not helpful in the diagnosis of fracture.
3.Relationship between serum lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p expression and disease severity and prognosis in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis
Fenghao LIU ; Zhenzhen ZHOU ; Xuefeng LI ; Xudong ZHANG ; Zhongguang MA
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2023;44(24):3021-3026
Objective To investigate the expression of serum long non-coding RNA MEG3 and microRNA(miR)-195-5p in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis and their relationship with the severity and prognosis of severe necrotizing pancreatitis.Methods A total of 122 patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to Cangzhou Central Hospital from October 2020 to January 2023 were selected as the research objects.Ac-cording to the severity of the disease,the patients were divided into severe necrotizing pancreatitis(severe group,53 cases)and non-severe necrotizing pancreatitis(non-severe group,69 cases).According to the prog-nosis of alternate ending with severe necrotizing pancreatitis can be divided into good prognosis group(38 ca-ses)and poor prognosis group(15 cases).At the same time,50 healthy people who underwent physical exami-nation in the hospital during the same period were selected as the control group.The clinical data and serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in each group were compared.Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between serum levels of lncRNA MEG3,miR-195-5p and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHE Ⅱ)and Ranson scores.Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of poor prognosis in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to analyze the value of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in eval-uating the prognosis of patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis.Results There was no significant differ-ence in age,gender,body mass index,underlying disease and etiology between severe group and non-severe group(P>0.05).Compared with the non-severe group,APACHEⅡ and Ranson scores were significantly in-creased in the severe group(P<0.05).Compared with the control group,the serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in the non-severe group and the severe group were decreased(P<0.05),and the serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in the severe group were lower than those in the non-severe group(P<0.05).Spearman correlation analysis showed that serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in AP pa-tients were negatively correlated with APACHEⅡ and Ranson scores(P<0.05).Multivariate Logistic re-gression analysis showed that APACHEⅡ and Ranson scores and serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p were independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis(P<0.05).ROC curve results showed that the area under the curve(AUC)of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p for evaluating the poor prognosis of patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis was 0.767 and 0.777,respectively,the sensitivity was 86.7%and 80.0%,and the specificity was 49.9%and 45.8%,respectively.The AUC of combined e-valuation was 0.982,and the sensitivity and specificity were 86.7%and 78.8%,respectively.Conclusion The serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p are related to the severity and prognosis of severe necrotizing pancreatitis,which can evaluate the severity and predict the prognosis of severe necrotizing pancreatitis.
4.Comparative Study on Risk Assessment Tools for Clinical Trials in England, Germany and France
Siyuan XI ; Aiyi ZHANG ; Yin MA ; Jun HE ; Zheng AN ; Zhongguang YU
Chinese Medical Ethics 2023;36(4):434-437
Risk assessment of clinical trials is of great significance to improve the quality of clinical trials. Through systematic comparative analysis of risk assessment tools for clinical trials in Britain, Germany and France, this paper found that the three countries’ risk assessment tools were consistent in terms of legal system guarantee and assessment process, but there were obvious differences in the basic risk classification and risk grading standards of clinical trials. Based on the experience of Britain, France and Germany, this paper proposed to improve the relevant regulations and documents of clinical trial risk management in China from the perspective of Chinese national conditions, further explore the factors affecting clinical trial risk, and develop and design clinical trial risk assessment tools with different discipline characteristics according to the specialties of the discipline to improve the quality and level of clinical trials.