Objective To observe the anti- inflammation and analgesic action and anti- urarthritis effect of modified Simiao prescription with polysaccharide removal and thus to screen the effective anti- gout components from modified Simiao prescription. Methods Mouse acetic- acid- induced twisting experiment, mouse xylene- induced auricular swelling experiment, and rat sodium- urate- induced pedal swelling experiment were carried out in this study. Results After the removal of polysaccharides, modified Simiao prescription still kept obvious anti- inflammation and analgesic action and in a dose- effect manner. Conclusion Polysaccharides removal has no influence on the anti- inflammation and analgesic action of modified Simiao prescription .

Objective To explore the MRI appearances of tuberculosis of myelon and spinal meninges,and to study the value of MRI in diagnosis of this disease.Methods The imaging appearances of tuberculosis of myelon and spinal meninges tuberculosis in 8 cases were reviewed.All cases underwent plain MRI and contrast-enhanced MRI examinations.Results In 8 cases,there were myelonic tuberculosis in 3,myelonic tuberculosis accompanied with spinal meninges tuberculosis in 2 and spinal meninges tuberculosis in 3.Myelonic tuberculosis appeared as intramedullary tuberculous granuloma in 2,granulitis in 1 and tuberculous myelitis in 2.The appearances of MRI were spinal cord swelling,low signal intensity on T1WI and high signal intensity on T2WI.On contrast-enhanced MRI,the lesions were circular enhancement,military nodules or non-enhancement.The typical MRI appearances of spinal meningeal tuberculosis showed spinal meninges generally thickened,narrowing or closing of subarachnoid cavity,on contrast-enhanced MRI,the lesions were tubiform enhancement of sagittal images or circular enhancement of axial images.All cases had active tuberculosis in neighbourhood organ or tissue.Conclusion The MRI appearances of tuberculosis of myelon and spinal meninges are representative,the definite diagnosis of which can be made when the MRI appearances in combination with the history of the patients and the active tuberculosis of neighbourhood organ or tissue.

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical usability of virtual endoscopy(VE) in tympanoplasty.METHODS A total of 102 patients (204 ears) were observed by virtual endoscopy. Tympanoplasty was performed in 72 cases (75 ears) including 53 cases (55 ears) with chronic otitis media and 19 cases (20 ears) with congenital microtia and middle ear dysmorphia. Ossicular chain reconstruction was conducteded in 65 ears at the same time. RESULTS The ossicular chain was showed eroded in 19 ears of 23 patients with cholesteatoma otitis media pre-operatively by VE, but was found eroded in all of 23 ears during operation. The ossicular chain was showed eroded in 29 ears of 32 patients with osteitis otitis media pre-operatively by VE, but during operation it was found 23 ears with malleus and incus eroded, 11 ears without head of stapes or up-structure of stapes. VE showed 18 ears with congenital microtia and middle ear malformation and 2 ears with small tympanic cavity and no ossicular chain preoperatively, and operation proved 17 ears with severe ossicular malformation, 2 ears without stapes, 1 ear with vestibular window atresia. There were 2 ears with sudden hearing loss after tympanoplasty, the VE showed ossicular displacement. The coincidence rates between VE and operation view were 92 % in patients with otitis media and 100 % in patients with congenital microtia and middle ear malformation. CONCLUSION VE can supply reliability data for evaluation of the damaged ossicular chain and efficacy of tympanoplasty.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the role of perfusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging ( PWMRI ) in distinguishing brain glioma recurrence for postoperative radiotherapy patients.Methods Thirty-five patients with suggested recurrent brain glioma (20 true,15 false) were examined by conventional MRI and PWMRI.Regions of interests (ROI) were manually drawn in contrast-enhancing lesion,surround edema region and normal white matter of contra-lateral brain on regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) images.rCBV values of ROI and rCBVmax were measured,the standardized rCBV ratios were calculated,The mean rCBVmax ratio were compared between two lesion types with group t-test.The rCBVmax ratios of contrastenhancing regions was analyzed by the receiver operating characteristic curve.ResultsThe mean rCBVmax ratio of contrast-enhancing lesion in tumor recurrence was higher than those in non tumor recurrence (4.36vs 1.28,t =3.00,P =0.005 ).The mean rCBVmax of edema regions in tumor recurrence was also higher than those in non tumor recurrence ( 1.79 vs 0.85,t =2.41,P =0.026).Four patients with recurrent tumor and three with non tumor recurrence were wrong diagnosed when set the recurrent tumor rCBVmax ratio ＞2.15.The diagnostic sensitivity,specificity and accuracy for recurrent tumor by PWMRI were 80％respectively.Conclusion PWMRI examination is a useful method for distinguishing brain glioma recurrence.

Objective To explore the diagnostic value of axial diffusion tensor imaging(DTI) for gliomas grading at 3 .0T MRI , analyze the characteristics of different grades gliomas of axial DTI in order to improve diagnostic accuracy .Methods A retrospec‐tive analysis was performed involving a group of 37 cases of high grade glioma and 26 cases of low grade glioma confirmed by the pathological results in affiliated hospital of Luzhou medical college ,observation analysis was obtained in axial DTI ,peritumoral neu‐rofibrillary was divided into three types :displacement ,interruption and neurofibrillary tangles(NFT) .Results among the 26 cases of low grade glioma ,there were 18 cases of displacement ;8 cases of interruption ,no NFT ;among the 37 cases of high grade glio‐mas ,there were 9 cases of displacement ,21 cases of interruption ,and 7 cases of NFT (1 case of frontal lobe ,6 cases of temporal lobe);ordinal variables rank sum test in two independent samples between high grade glioma group and low grade glioma showed significant differences(Z= -3 .756 ,P<0 .05);χ2 test showed no significant difference(P>0 .05) ,frontal lobe appeared NFT in 1 case ,accounting for 2 .7% (1/37) ,temporal lobe appeared NFT in 6 cases ,accounting for 16 .2% (6/37) .Conclusion Peritumoral neurofibrillary of the low grade gliomas more performed displacement ,the high grade gliomas show more interrupts and NFT at 3 .0T MRI ,NFT in high grade gliomas is often seen in the temporal and frontal lobe .

Objective To investigate the characteristics of serum oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) and traditional cardiovascular risk factors of premature coronary artery disease (PCAD). Methods Sixty-six patients with coro-nary atrery disease (CAD) confirmed by angiography were selected to be PCAD group, and 56 patients with normal coronary artery confirmed by angiography were included in control group. The serum levels of ox-LDL, high density lipoprotein choles-terol (HDL-C), triglyceride (TG), creatinine (SCr), uric acid (UA), other serum biochemical indicators and differences of the proportions of male, hypertension, diabetes, smoking history and family history of CAD were compared between two groups. Results (1)There were higher serum values of ox-LDL, TG, SCr, UA, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and proportion of male pa-tients in PCAD group than those of control group (P＜0.05), but there was a lower plasma level of HDL-C in PCAD group than that of control group (P＜0.05). There were significant differences in other indicators between two groups. (2) There were positive correlations between UA, SCr and ox-LDL ( rs were 0.243 and 0.186 respectively, P were 0.006 and 0.034 respective-ly). (3)The logistic regression analysis showed that ox-LDL, HDL-C and SCr were influential factors to PCAD(OR were 1.155, 0.143 and 1.052 respectively). Conclusion Elevations of ox-LDL, HDL-C and SCr are independent predictors of PCAD.

Objective To explore the age-and sex-specific body composition of normal children in Beijing area.Metheds The subjects were a total of 587 children of 6-14 years old,who were recruited from Beijing schools.All of them had relative weight within normal range(80%～120%),and no chronic disease.The relative weight was obtained,according to standard weight,using the follo-(wing) formula: relative weight(%)=(body weight/standard weight) ?100.Body compositions were estimated with a bioelectrical impedance analyser,which had been proved to be reliable and valid for determining the percentage of body fat.Results Not only fat free mass(FFM) but also fat mass(FM) increased monotonically with age in both sexes.FFM was higher in boys than that in girls at all ages.FM was significantly higher in girls than that in boys aged 6 to 8 years old;however,there was no significant difference for FM between sexes aged 9-14 years old.Patterns of change in mean ratio of body fat(%BF),with age differed by sex.Percent age of BF was significantly higher in girls than that in boys at all ages except at 10 and 11 years old. In boys,%BF increased with age,while in girls it remained nearly constant from age 6 to 10 years old,and gradually increased from age 10 to 14 years old.Body mass index(BMI) increased steadily with age in both sexes,and boys had consistently higher BMI than girls.In boys,the increase in BMI was steeper from age 10 to 14 years old.Even in the subjects with BMI

Objective To determine the association of acanthosis nigricans(AN) with values for estimating insulin resistance and adipocytokine levels in simple obese children. Methods These subjects concluded 38 simple obese children. AN was present in 17 of 38 children. Height, weight and abdominal circumference were recorded and fasting blood sample was obtained for measurement of blood glucose, plasma insulin, leptin, and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) levels which were known as the risk factors of cardiovascular disease. We obtained homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index (HOMA-R) by fasting blood glucose and plasma insulin levels. Results The severity of obesity, abdominal circumference, fasting insulin levels and HOMA-R were significantly higher in obese children to AN compared to those without AN. There was the tendency that children with AN had higher levels of leptin and PAI-1 compared to children without AN. Conclusions These results suggest that obese children with AN may have a risk of cardiovascular disease as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective To detect the type of gene mutation of thalassemia in Kunming city.Methods Sixty-three cases highly suspec-tive of thalassemia were determined with the methods of ploymerase chain reaction(PCR) and reverse dot blot(RDB) for the type of gene mutation.Results According to gene analysis,35 cases were final diagnosed from 63 cases suspective of thalassemia.Among the total,4 cases were gene deficiency ?-thalassemia,and 30 cases were gene deficiency ?-thalassemia,and there was 1 case both ?-thalassemia and ?-thalassemia.There were 9 types of gene mutation with 15 gene combinations in 35 samples.The main type of ?-thalassemia was--SEA/??,there were 6 types with 11 gene combinations from the types of genes of ?-thalassemia,the highest incidence of gene mutation was 17 site,including 17 site homozygote,heterozygote and double heterozygote.Conclusions The thalassemia invasion of Yunnan has its characters,and it is valuable to launch further research.In the same patient,there are ?-thalassemia and ?-thalassemia,it signifies that those 2 types should be diagnosed in the same time,to prevent missed diagnosis.

Objective To discuss the methods of selecting different shapes occluder and to evaluate the feasibility,safety and efficacy of them in transcatheter closures of congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) in children.Methods Transcatheter closures were performed in 226 children with congenital VSD,age ranging from 2 to 14 years(mean 5.62 years) under the guidance of transthoracic echocardiography(TTE) and fluoroscopy.There were 14 patients with intracristal VSD,209 patients with perimembranous VSD and 3 patients with muscular VSD.Left ventriculography and transthoracic echocardiography were performed repeatedly after the procedure to assess the effect of occlusion.The echocardiography and electrocardiography were scheduled before discharge,1,6 and 12 months for the follow-up.Results The occluders were deployed successfully in 211 patients.The successful rate was 93.4%.Thin waist shape occluders,were deployed in 7 patients;equal side shape occluders,were deployed in 191 patients;eccentric shape occluders were deployed in 12 patients,and muscular defect occluders were deployed in 1 patient.There were no complications encountered during or after closure.Conclusions It is very important in transcatheter closure of congenital in children to select different shape occluder according to pathologic characteristics.In general,equal side shape occluder is suita-ble for a large number of defect and it is easy for deployment.In some conditions,the other shape occluder may be necessary.