Objective:To evaluate the clinical characteristics of primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) and the prognoses.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data, prognosis and influencing factors of 18 PTL patients at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University from Oct 2012 to Aug 2021.Results:There were 12 females and 6 males, average age of (60±11.5)years. Fifteen patients were complicated with hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). Seventeen patients received treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted therapy. Median follow-up time was 35.8 months. Four cases suffered from recurrence and progression, and 3 cases died. The 3-year overall survival rate(OS) was 94%, and the 5-year OS rate was 83%. The 3-year progression-free survival(PFS)rate was 89%, and the 5-year PFS rate was 79%. The OS rate and PFS rate of patients with HT were higher than those of patients without ( P<0.05). The 5-year OS rates were 100% vs.33% ( χ2=7.681, P=0.006), and the 3-year PFS rates were 93% vs. 67% respectively( χ2=5.368, P=0.021). The OS and PFS of patients who had undergone surgical treatment were higher than those of patients without ( P<0.01). The 5-year OS rates were 100% vs.40% ( χ2=8.579, P=0.003), and the 5-year PFS rates were 100% vs.30% ( χ2=12.267, P<0.001).The PFS rate of patients aged ≤60 years was higher than that of patients aged >60 years, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). The 5-year PFS rates were 100% vs. 56% ( χ2=4.906, P=0.027). Conclusions:PTL shows a female predominance and tends to occur at a relatively advanced age. The overall prognosis of PTL patients is favorable after multidisciplinary treatment.Patients with HT or who have undergone surgical treatment tend to have relatively longer survival periods.

Objective:To evaluate the clinical characteristics of primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) and the prognoses.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data, prognosis and influencing factors of 18 PTL patients at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University from Oct 2012 to Aug 2021.Results:There were 12 females and 6 males, average age of (60±11.5)years. Fifteen patients were complicated with hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). Seventeen patients received treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted therapy. Median follow-up time was 35.8 months. Four cases suffered from recurrence and progression, and 3 cases died. The 3-year overall survival rate(OS) was 94%, and the 5-year OS rate was 83%. The 3-year progression-free survival(PFS)rate was 89%, and the 5-year PFS rate was 79%. The OS rate and PFS rate of patients with HT were higher than those of patients without ( P<0.05). The 5-year OS rates were 100% vs.33% ( χ2=7.681, P=0.006), and the 3-year PFS rates were 93% vs. 67% respectively( χ2=5.368, P=0.021). The OS and PFS of patients who had undergone surgical treatment were higher than those of patients without ( P<0.01). The 5-year OS rates were 100% vs.40% ( χ2=8.579, P=0.003), and the 5-year PFS rates were 100% vs.30% ( χ2=12.267, P<0.001).The PFS rate of patients aged ≤60 years was higher than that of patients aged >60 years, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). The 5-year PFS rates were 100% vs. 56% ( χ2=4.906, P=0.027). Conclusions:PTL shows a female predominance and tends to occur at a relatively advanced age. The overall prognosis of PTL patients is favorable after multidisciplinary treatment.Patients with HT or who have undergone surgical treatment tend to have relatively longer survival periods.

Objective To explore the patterns of functional gait asymmetry during the support phase and the differentiation of bilateral foot functions,to gain insights into the human movement compensa-tion mechanisms and stability control characteristics,so as to provide theoretical references for the pre-vention and rehabilitation treatment of unilateral foot and ankle injuries.Methods Twelve young females with normal feet were recruited,and the time percentage of each phase of the support period,the change of longitudinal arch angle,the vertical ground reaction force and the center of plantar pressure trajectory of the dominant and non-dominant feet were collected by using a three-dimensional motion capture and a high-frequency plantar pressure testing system when the subjects walked at the optimum speed with the incremental loading of weights[0%body weight(BW),10%BW and 20%BW].The ef-fects of laterality(dominant foot,non-dominant foot)and load(0%BW,10%BW,20%BW)on arch changes and gait parameters,and the interactions between them,were analyzed using a two-way re-peated-measures ANOVA.Results The factors of laterality and load interacted significantly on arch changes,but not on gait parameters.(2)Compared with 0%BW,the time percentage of the buffering phase of the nondominant feet with the load of 20%BW increased(P<0.05),while that of the domi-nant ones decreased(P<0.05),with an increase in the buffering load of both feet with the load of 20%BW(P<0.05)and the buffering force excursion of both feet with the load of 10%BW(P<0.05).More-over,changes in longitudinal arch angle increased(P<0.05)with the load of 10%and 20%BW,the pedal extension load rate increased(P<0.05)with the above BW load in the non-dominant feet,and the horizontal slope of pedal extension decreased(P<0.05)with 20%BW load in the dominant feet.Compared with 10%BW,when the feed was loaded 20%BW,the time percentage in the buffering phase and the buffering force offset of the dominant feet decreased(P<0.05),while the buffering load of both feet increased(P<0.05).(3)Compared with the non-dominant feet,for the dominant feet,the buffering load rate at the load of 10%and 20%BW and changes in the longitudinal arch angle at the load of 20%BW decreased(P<0.05),while the horizontal slope of the pedal extension without load in-creased(P<0.05).Conclusion Walking with load induces function differentiation in bilateral feet.The dominant foot has more efficient horizontal extension without load and better buffering function in the vertical direction with loads,while the non-dominant feet perform a more adequate weight-bearing and extension function vertically with larger load.It is suggested that unilateral injury feet should not be given too much load,and it is inappropriate to select a single foot to represent and evaluate the func-tion and injury risk of the double feet in loaded walking.

Objective:To explore the effectiveness of the Exowalk gait training robot in improving the walking ability of stroke survivors.Methods:Forty stroke survivors were randomly divided into a control group and an experimental group, each of 20. In their rehabilitation, the control group was given routine walking training, while the experimental group′s training was assisted with the Exowalk robot. Both groups trained for 60 minutes a day, five days a week for four weeks. Before as well as after 2 and 4 weeks of training functional ambulatory categories (FACs), the Berg balance scale (BBS), the 6-minute walking test (6MWT), the 10-minute walking test (10MWT), the Rivermead mobility index and an exercise index were used to evaluate those in both groups.Results:After 2 weeks significant improvement was observed in the average FAC, BBS, 6MWT and 10MWT results of both groups, without significant differences between them. After 4 weeks there was still no significant difference in the groups′ average BBS scores. However, the average FAC rating in the experimental group had improved significantly while there was no significant increase in the control group′s average score.Conclusions:The Exowalk robot can help to improve the balance and walking ability of hemiplegic stroke survivors.

Objective: To investigate the pathological features and clinical manifestation of pediatric nodal marginal zone lymphoma(NMZL). Methods: Histological morphology and immunophenotype of 7 cases of pediatric NMZL were retrospectively reviewed at Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Medical University between January 2008 to October 2018. Clonal rearrangement analysis was performed. Clinical information including patient follow-up data were analyzed. Results: All 7 patients were male with a median age of 15 years aged from 10 to 26 years. All patients presented with only lymph node enlargement without B symptoms, including cervical lymph node (5 cases), preauricular lymph node (1 case) and retroauricular lymph node (1 case). Histologically, all cases showed irregular large follicles on the edges with widened marginal areas and intervesicular areas, and lesional cells were uniform with progressive transformation of germinal center centers along with a small amount of intrinsic lymphoid tissue. All 7 cases showed diffuse CD20 positivity both follicle and interfollicular region along with 30%-40% positivity in the interfollicular region (pathological region). Markers of other B-cell lymphomas werenot expressed. All 7 cases were positive for immunoglobulin(Ig) gene rearrangement. None of the patients showed no recurrence up on after follow-up for an average of 13 months. Conclusions Pediatric NMZL is a rare type of lymphoma that has a unique morphology and occurs almost exclusively in male children and young adults and often in head and neck lymph nodes. It has an excellent prognosis. Therefore, awareness of the disease with accurate diagnosis is important.

Objective To investigate the pathological features and clinical manifestation of pediatric nodal marginal zone lymphoma(NMZL).Methods Histological morphology and immunophenotype of 7 cases of pediatric NMZL were retrospectively reviewed at Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Medical University between January 2008 to October 2018. Clonal rearrangement analysis was performed. Clinical information including patient follow?up data were analyzed. Results All 7 patients were male with a median age of 15 years aged from 10 to 26 years. All patients presented with only lymph node enlargement without B symptoms, including cervical lymph node (5 cases), preauricular lymph node (1 case) and retroauricular lymph node (1 case). Histologically, all cases showed irregular large follicles on the edges with widened marginal areas and intervesicular areas, and lesional cells were uniform with progressive transformation of germinal center centers along with a small amount of intrinsic lymphoid tissue. All 7 cases showed diffuse CD20 positivity both follicle and interfollicular region along with 30%-40% positivity in the interfollicular region (pathological region). Markers of other B?cell lymphomas werenot expressed. All 7 cases were positive for immunoglobulin(Ig) gene rearrangement. None of the patients showed no recurrence up on after follow?up for an average of 13 months. Conclusions Pediatric NMZL is a rare type of lymphoma that has a unique morphology and occurs almost exclusively in male children and young adults and often in head and neck lymph nodes. It has an excellent prognosis. Therefore, awareness of the disease with accurate diagnosis is important.

Objective To analyze the infiltration of inflammatory cells under the mucosa of female cystitis glandularis and the different inflammatory infiltration in different clinical pathological types of cystitis glandularis.Methods Immunohistochemical method was used to detect the bladder mucosal tissue samples of 10 female patients confirmed cystitis glandularis admitted from June 2016 to October 2016.The results of immunohistochemical staining were collected and statistically analyzed by the automatic microscopy and image analysis system.In addition,the clinical data and tissue sample of 49 cases of cystitis glandularis treated from December 2006 to August 2017 were collected.Age of 49 patients was (34.4 ±7.5) years old and BMI was (21.9 ± 4.2) kg/m2.There were 19 cases of hypertension and 18 cases of diabetes.According to the cystoscopic manifestations,follicular edema type,papilloma type,and intestinal adenomatosis type were defined as high risk.Chronic inflammatory type and mucosa unchanged type were defined as low risk.Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect tissue samples,to compare the general data of different types of cystitis glandularis and the degree of infiltration of bladder mucosal inflammatory cells.Results T lymphocytes were highly expressed in 10 patients,and B lymphocytes and plasma cells were not expressed or extremely low (P ＜ 0.01).Of the 49 patients,29 were high risk type cystitis glandularis (follicular edema type,papilloma type,and intestinal adenomatosis type),and 21 were low risk type (chronic inflammatory type and mucosa unchanged type).The age of the high-risk group was (34.4 ± 7.5) years old with BMI of (21.9 ±4.2) kg/m2,8 cases of hypertension and 8 cases of diabetes.The age of the low-risk group was (38.2 ±8.5) years old with BMI of (20.8 ±4.0) kg/m2,11 cases of hypertension and 10 cases of diabetes.There was no statistically significant difference between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The OABSS of high-risk group(10.4 ± 2.6) was significantly higher than that of low-risk group (7.1 ± 2.1,P ＜ 0.01).QOL of high-risk group (4.9 ± 0.9) was significantly higher than that of low-risk group (4.1 ± 0.8,P ＜ 0.01).Qmax of high-risk group was (11.4 ± 3.6) ml/s,significantly lower than that of low-risk group[(15.8 ±3.8) ml/s,P ＜0.01].The positive number of T lymphocytes of high-risk group was (173.5 ± 26.8),which was significantly higher than that of low-risk group(119.5 ± 21.2,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions T lymphocytes infiltration is the major phenomenon in bladder submucosa of female patients with cystitis glandularis.The inflammatory infiltration by T lymphocytes could be associated with patient's symptom and bladder's pathological changes.

Objective To investigate the clinical application value of combined detection of ALK fusion gene and c?ros oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase ( ROS1) fusion gene in non?small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC) using real?time fluorescent PCR. Methods A kit for combined detection of ALK fusion gene and ROS1 fusion gene based on fluorescent PCR was used to simultaneously detect the two fusion genes in 302 cases of NSCLC specimens. The results were validated through Sanger sequencing. The consistency of the two detection methods was analyzed. Results All 302 cases of NSCLC specimens were successfully analyzed through fluorescent PCR (302/302). 12 cases (4.0%) were found to contain ALK fusion gene, including 3 cases with ALK?M1, 3 with ALK?M2, 3 with ALK?M3, 1 with ALK?M4, and 2 with ALK?M6 fusion gene. 12 cases (4.0%) were found to contain ROS1 fusion gene, including 1 case with ROS1?M7, 8 cases with ROS1?M8,1 case with ROS1?M12,1 case with ROS1?M14,and 1 case with double?positive ROS1?M3 and ROS1?M8 fusion genes. The total detection rate of ALK fusion gene and ROS1 fusion gene was 7. 9%(24/302) and 278 cases showed to be negative for ALK fusion gene and ROS1 fusion gene. The successful detection rates for Sanger DNA sequencing were also 100%. The positive, negative and total coincidence rates obtained by real?time fluorescent PCR and by Sanger DNA sequencing were all 100%. Conclusions The results of Sanger DNA sequencing demonstrate that the real?time fluorescent PCR assay is equally effective in detecting ALK and ROS1 fusion genes in NSCLC tissues. Furthermore, real?time fluorescent PCR assay can be used to detect trace ALK and ROS1 fusion gene simultaneously in tiny samples, and can save time and avoid repeated sampling. It is worthy of recommendation as a rapid and reliable detection technique.

Objective To investigate the clinical application value of combined detection of ALK fusion gene and c?ros oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase ( ROS1) fusion gene in non?small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC) using real?time fluorescent PCR. Methods A kit for combined detection of ALK fusion gene and ROS1 fusion gene based on fluorescent PCR was used to simultaneously detect the two fusion genes in 302 cases of NSCLC specimens. The results were validated through Sanger sequencing. The consistency of the two detection methods was analyzed. Results All 302 cases of NSCLC specimens were successfully analyzed through fluorescent PCR (302/302). 12 cases (4.0%) were found to contain ALK fusion gene, including 3 cases with ALK?M1, 3 with ALK?M2, 3 with ALK?M3, 1 with ALK?M4, and 2 with ALK?M6 fusion gene. 12 cases (4.0%) were found to contain ROS1 fusion gene, including 1 case with ROS1?M7, 8 cases with ROS1?M8,1 case with ROS1?M12,1 case with ROS1?M14,and 1 case with double?positive ROS1?M3 and ROS1?M8 fusion genes. The total detection rate of ALK fusion gene and ROS1 fusion gene was 7. 9%(24/302) and 278 cases showed to be negative for ALK fusion gene and ROS1 fusion gene. The successful detection rates for Sanger DNA sequencing were also 100%. The positive, negative and total coincidence rates obtained by real?time fluorescent PCR and by Sanger DNA sequencing were all 100%. Conclusions The results of Sanger DNA sequencing demonstrate that the real?time fluorescent PCR assay is equally effective in detecting ALK and ROS1 fusion genes in NSCLC tissues. Furthermore, real?time fluorescent PCR assay can be used to detect trace ALK and ROS1 fusion gene simultaneously in tiny samples, and can save time and avoid repeated sampling. It is worthy of recommendation as a rapid and reliable detection technique.

OBJECTIVETo study the prevalence of ALK, ROS1 and RET fusion genes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and its correlation with clinicopathologic features.

METHODSFormalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue sections from samples of 302 patients with NSCLC were screened for ALK, ROS1, RET fusions by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All of the cases were validated by Sanger DNA sequencing. The relationship between ALK, ROS1, RET fusion genes and clinicopathologic features were analyzed.

RESULTSIn the cohort of 302 NSCLC samples, 3.97% (12/302) were found to contain ALK fusion genes, including 3 cases with E13; A20 gene fusion, 3 cases with E6; A20 gene fusion and 3 cases with E20; A20 gene fusion. There was no statistically significant difference in patient's gender, age, smoking history and histologic type. Moreover, in the 302 NSCLC samples studied, 3.97% (12/302) were found to contain ROS1 fusion genes, with CD74-ROS1 fusion identified in 9 cases. There was no statistically significant difference in patients' gender, age, smoking history and histologic type. One non-smoking elderly female patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma had RET gene fusion. None of the cases studied had concurrent ALK, ROS1 and RET mutations.

CONCLUSIONSThe ALK, ROS1 and RET fusion gene mutation rates in NSCLC are low, they represent some specific molecular subtypes of NSCLC. Genetic testing has significant meaning to guide clinical targeted therapy.

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