Cast syndrome

The term cast syndrome is used to denote duodenal obstruction occurring after application of a corrective plaster cast to patients with scoliosis. We report a classical case in a 14-year-old female who required surgical intervention after conservative treatment failed. Six months later the patient had no further gastrointestinal symptoms. Clinical, radiological, and pathological details as well as the surgical treatment are described and discussed. Offprint requests to: M. E. Martín Hortigüela     

动脉自旋标记法磁共振成像在颈动脉狭窄性脑缺血疾病中的初步应用

目的:对比研究颈动脉严重狭窄患者动脉自旋标记法(ASL)和动态磁化率效应对比剂增强(DSC)磁共振脑灌注成像表现,探讨ASL的临床运用价值。材料和方法:健康自愿者12例,行DSC和ASL,计算左侧大脑中动脉供血区与右侧相应区域相对脑血流量(rCBF)比值并进行比较。病例组为单侧颈内动脉狭窄程度≥70％患者32例,计算DSC和ASL所得的患侧与健侧大脑中动脉供血区rCBF比值并进行比较。结果:12例健康自愿者所测的DSC和ASL的rCBF比值分别为1．0012±0．1030和1．0015±0．1611,无统计学差异。32例患者中,15例患者灌注异常,DSC与ASL的rCBF比值相比无显著性差异(P=0．072)。结论:ASL序列能快速无创的提供脑灌注情况,可作为初步了解颈动脉狭窄性脑缺血疾病脑灌注情况的常规检查方法。     

Acute pseudotumor of the orbit

A case is presented of a 22-year-old man with a history of bilateral eye injection, lacrimation, and rhinorrhea. The right orbit was inflamed and its globe proptotic, with medial and lateral gaze deficits. Tomography revealed swelling about the right lacrimal gland. He was admitted and treated with high-dose steroids, which caused regression of his symptoms. This presentation and response to steroids is pathognomonic for acute pseudotumor of the orbit, a condition rarely described in the emergency medicine literature. If left untreated, treudotumor of the orbit may progress to blindness and ophthalmoplegia.     

高肺容积部分平均通过时间的测定方法和临床意义

介绍了用力呼气肺量图高肺容积部分平均通过时间(MTTp-h)的测定方法,并对100例正常人和94例气道阻塞疾病(支气管肺癌、喉癌和慢性支气管炎)患者进行了测定。初步认为MTTp-h对检测大气道和上气道阻塞敏感性较高,可作为协助临床诊断的实验室指标。     

Respiratory obstruction following vocal cord injection

Two patients who each had a paralysed left vocal cord are discussed. Both had poor coughing ability preoperatively. The affected cords had been injected with tetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) paste 3 days before operation and this had given immediate improvement in coughing and speech. During induction of anaesthesia, respiratory obstruction occurred that was related to the injected cord. This cause of obstruction has not been reported previously. The potential benefits of cord injection for voice, cough and laryngeal competence are reviewed.     

急性梗阻性化脓性胆管炎(附121例分析)

本文对121例急性梗阻性化脓性胆管炎(AOSC)进行了临床分析讨论了诊断及治疗。结果表明,早期诊断,尽快手术治疗,积极防治并发症,是提高疗效降低死亡的关键。肝肾功能衰竭和中毒性休克是本病的主要死因,占死亡总人数的83％,60岁以上的老人不是手术的禁忌症。     

Repeated unilateral epidural blockade

Unilateral epidural analgesia occurring in a parturient three times in successive pregnancies is reported. Possible causes are reviewed, and clinical and radiological evidence in support of the most likely explanation are presented.     

Surgical Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus

Background. The optimal management of patients with renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus remains unresolved. Traditional approaches have included resection with or without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Chemotherapy has played a minor role except for biotherapeutic agents used for metastatic disease.

Methods. From January 1989 to January 1996, 37 patients with renal cell carcinoma and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus underwent surgical resection. The 27 men and 10 women had a median age of 57 years (range, 29 to 78 years). Thirty-six patients presented with symptoms; 21 had hematuria. Distant metastases were present in 12 patients. Tumor thrombi extended to the infrahepatic inferior vena cava (n = 16), the intrahepatic inferior vena cava (n = 16), the suprahepatic inferior vena cava (n = 3), and into the right atrium (n = 2). All tumors were resected by inferior vena cava isolation and, when necessary, extended hepatic mobilization and Pringle maneuver, with primary or patch closure of the vena cavotomy. Cardiopulmonary bypass was necessary in only 2 patients with intraatrial thrombus.

Results. Complications occurred in 11 patients, and 1 patient died 2 days postoperatively of a myocardial infarction (mortality, 2.7%). Twenty patients are alive; overall 2- and 5-year survival rates were 61.7% and 33.6%, respectively. For patients without lymph node or distant metastases (stage IIIa), 2- and 5-year survival rates were 74% and 45%, respectively. The presence of distant metastatic disease (stage IV) at the time of operation did not have a significant adverse effect on survival, as reflected by 2- and 5-year survival rates of 62.5% and 31.3%, respectively. Lymph node metastases (stage IIIc) adversely affected survival as there were no long-term survivors.

Conclusions. Resection of an intracaval tumor thrombus arising from renal cell carcinoma can be performed safely and can result in prolonged survival even in the presence of metastatic disease. In our experience, extracorporeal circulatory support was required only when the tumor thrombus extended into the heart.     

前列腺增生伴逼尿肌无力患者的电切术治疗

目的 :探讨良性前列腺增生 (BPH)伴有逼尿肌无力 (ACD)患者的治疗方法和效果。方法 :对尿动力学检查确认有ACD的 12例BPH并发膀胱出口梗阻 (BOO)的患者 (A组 )进行经尿道前列腺电切术 (TURP)或加膀胱颈内切开术 (TUIBN) ,同时与逼尿肌功能正常或高于正常的行TURP的BPH患者 2 4例 (B组 )进行对照分析。结果 :A组术后 7～ 30d复查 ,国际前列腺症状评分 (IPSS)为 12 .5 8± 0 .70分 (P <0 .0 0 1) ,最大尿流率 (Qmax)为11.0 5± 0 .85ml/s (P <0 .0 5 ) ,均比术前有改善 ,但术后效果不如B组明显 (P <0 .0 0 1)。术后 3、6个月复查IPSS及Qmax,两组略有改变 ,但差异无显著性意义 (P >0 .0 5 ) ,剩余尿测定也均在正常范围。术后 3个月对ACD的 5例复查逼尿肌收缩力 ,无明显改善。结论 :对ACD并伴有BOO的BPH患者可以采取电切术治疗