黏膜表面形态特点对大肠息肉病理类型的预判价值

目的在高清非放大结肠镜下观察大肠息肉表面形态特点,与病理组织学诊断进行对照研究,评价息肉黏膜表面形态特点对大肠息肉病理类型的预判能力。方法对142例结直肠息肉患者330枚息肉样病变进行高清结肠镜检查并观察黏膜腺管开口形态,采用窄波带成像技术(narrow band imaging,NBI)观察黏膜表面血管形态(capillary pattern,CP),与息肉病理结果对照判定其敏感性、特异性及准确率。结果高清非放大结肠镜下联合黏膜腺管开口形态及黏膜表面血管形态判定息肉表面形态特点对鉴别肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变的敏感性为88.2%,特异性为83.6%,阳性预测值为95.5%,阴性预测值为64.4%,准确度为87.3%,阳性相似比为5.4,阴性相似比为0.1。结论高清非放大结肠镜下贴近观察结合NBI显像观察息肉表面形态对于鉴别大肠息肉是否为肿瘤性有重要价值,与病理诊断有较好的符合率,有助于决定进一步治疗及随访方案。     

大肠黏膜腺管开口分型对早期大肠癌的诊断价值

目的 评价腺管开口分型对诊断早期大肠癌及癌前病变的临床实用价值。方法 2000年11月～2002年8月结肠镜检查4176例次，采用内镜下黏膜染色技术，部分病变结合放大内镜及实体显微镜观察腺管开口分型(pit分型)并与病理诊断对照，pit分型采用工藤分型。结果 752例患者发现大肠隆起、扁平等不同病变共955个，共检出早期大肠癌14例，进展期癌209例，Ⅱa、Ⅱb、Ⅱc、Ⅱa Ⅱc病变76个。侧向发育型肿瘤(LST型)病变43个，直径16～110mm，其中Ⅱ型2个，ⅢL18个，Ⅳ19个，ⅤA型1个，ⅤN型3个。非肿瘤性息肉以Ⅰ、Ⅱ型腺管开口为主，占85．4％(303／355)；而腺瘤性息肉则以Ⅲ、Ⅳ型腺管开口为主，占86．0％(504／586)；进展期癌均表现为黏膜腺管开口破坏无结构，为ⅤN型；14例早期癌中有8例腺管开口为Ⅴ型，其中ⅤA型2个，ⅤN型6个。结论 大肠腺管开口分型对于判断肿瘤性、非肿瘤性病变以及早期大肠癌并指导及时的内镜治疗或手术切除具有重要意义及临床实用价值。     

大肠息肉表面结构与病理组织学的关系研究

目的：探讨大肠息肉表面结构形态与病理组织学的关系，以提高对大肠息肉的实时诊断及治疗水平。方法：对105例大肠息肉进行靛胭脂染色，放大内镜观察其表面结构形态，并参照Kudo法进行分类：I、Ⅱ型为非瘤性息肉，ⅢL、ⅢS、Ⅳ及混合型为腺瘤性息肉，V型为癌变，比较息肉表面结构与大体形态及病理之间的关系。结果：17例有蒂息肉中12例表现为I、Ⅱ型；40例亚蒂息肉和48例广基息肉中I、Ⅱ型分别为15．0％（6／40）和41．7％（20／48），ⅢL、ⅢS、Ⅳ、Ⅴ、混合型合计为85．0％（34／40）和58．3％（28／48）。83．8％（88例）的息肉位于直肠至脾曲结肠，息肉表型与其发生部位无关。炎性及增生性息肉中非瘤性表型为78．6％，瘤性表型为21．4％；腺瘤息肉中非瘤性表型为3．3％，瘤性表型为96．7％；幼年性息肉均为非瘤性表型。I、Ⅱ、ⅢL、ⅢS、Ⅳ、Ⅴ及混合型息肉中腺瘤发生率分别为0％、11．8％、77．3％、75．0％、100．0％、100．0％和70．0％。分型诊断瘤性和非瘤性息肉的敏感性为96．7％和80．0％，特异性为86．6％和94．7％，鉴别诊断准确率为89．5％。结论：用染色放大内镜分析大肠息肉表面结构，能有效鉴别大肠非瘤性息肉、腺瘤和癌，有助于在结肠镜检查的同时决定对病灶的处理。     

窄带成像技术对大肠增生性病变的诊断价值研究

目的探讨窄带光谱成像技术（NBI）对大肠增生性病变的诊断价值。方法在白光及NBI模式下分别对大肠可疑病灶进行观察、诊断,以活检病理学检查结果作为金标准,对比NBI与传统肠镜诊断大肠炎性增生、腺瘤、早癌及进展期肿瘤的敏感性及特异性。采用NBI模式结合放大内镜观察各种大肠增生性病灶的腺管开口分型及病灶表面微血管形态并进行评分,总结NBI下大肠各种增生性病灶的内镜下特点。结果（1）传统肠镜及NBI技术检查280例患者共发现368处病灶,NBI诊断大肠炎性增生、腺瘤及早癌的敏感性及特异性明显高于传统肠镜。（2）NBI下大肠炎性增生的腺管开口多为Ⅰ、Ⅱ型,腺瘤多为Ⅱ、Ⅲ型（共占94．2％）,早癌的腺管开口可为Ⅲ（18．8％）、Ⅳ（56．3％）和Ⅴ型（25．0％）,进展期肿瘤多为Ⅴ型开口（94．0％）。（3）NBI下大肠炎性增生、腺瘤、早癌及进展期恶性肿瘤的微血管形态学平均评分分别为1．35±0．72、3．86±1．07、6．52±2．59和11．42±3．59,评分在6．5分以上病灶高度提示为恶性病灶。结论NBI在鉴别诊断大肠增生性病灶的敏感性及特异性明显高于传统肠镜,NBI结合放大内镜对病灶腺管开口分型及微血管形态的观察能帮助预测病灶的病理性质。     

表面型大肠肿瘤腺管开口分型与组织病理学的关系

大肠黏膜病变的腺管开口分型与组织病理学高度相关,利用放大内镜及黏膜染色技术筛查大肠肿瘤的主要目的是对肿瘤表面腺管开口的形态进行仔细的观察,从而确定病变的组织病理学类型及浸润深度。而大肠镜下准确判断病变的良恶性及浸润深度,在选择合适的治疗方案,避免早期大     

共聚焦激光微探头与染色放大内镜对肠道息肉性质判断的比较分析

目的比较共聚焦激光微探头与染色放大内镜结合腺管开口分型对肠道息肉性质判定的诊断价值。方法2009年12月至2010年1月间接受内镜检查发现肠道息肉的16例患者分别进行染色放大内镜检查,根据腺管开口分型判定息肉性质,然后进行共聚焦激光微探头检查,根据共聚焦激光内镜图像判定息肉性质,以病理结果作为金标准对照,比较二者判断肿瘤性病变的敏感性和特异性。结果在16例患者共发现肠道息肉26颗,与病理相比,染色放大内镜对肿瘤性病变判定的敏感性为94．1％,特异性为77．8％,阳性预测值为88．8％,阴性预测值为87．5％,诊断符合率为88．4％;共聚焦激光微探头对肿瘤性病变判定的敏感性为100．0％,特异性为88．8％,阳性预测值为94．4％,阴性预测值为100．0％,诊断符合率为96．1％,二者相比差异无统计学意义。结论共聚焦激光微探头对肠道肿瘤性病变的判定与染色放大内镜相近,在内镜检查时可作为一种新型、可靠的及时判定息肉性质检查方法。     

大肠侧向发育型肿瘤内镜下的诊断与治疗

目的探讨大肠侧向发育型肿瘤（LST）临床病理特征及内镜下黏膜切除术的有效性、安全性。方法经普通内镜检查发现LST 119例,染色后观察病灶大小及部位并进行形态分型,再结合放大内镜确定腺管开口类型。有治疗适应证者行内镜下黏膜切除术,切除病灶黏膜送病理检查。结果 28个月中共发现119例LST 124个病变。内镜下分型：颗粒均一型44个,结节混合型48个,平坦隆起型23个,假凹陷型9个。病变直径：10～20 mm 65个,21～30 mm 23个,31 mm以上36个,最大病变110 mm×100 mm。病变部位：直肠50个,乙状结肠25个,降结肠11个,横结肠10个,升结肠＋盲肠28个。黏膜腺管开口类型：Ⅲ型30个,其中17个为管状绒毛状腺瘤,12个为管状腺瘤;Ⅳ型56个,其中30个为绒毛状腺瘤,4个为黏膜内癌;Ⅴ型5个,其中2个为黏膜内癌,2个累及黏膜下层下1/3以下;Ⅱ型7个,其中5个为炎性增生性息肉,2个为锯齿状腺瘤（腺瘤性增生性息肉）：其余为ⅢL＋V型,其中23个为管状绒毛状腺瘤。符合适应证95例98个病变择期进行内镜下黏膜切除治疗,发生出血11例,均在操作过程中,无肠穿孔发生。结论大肠LST内镜形态具有一定特殊性,内镜下黏膜切除术是治疗在大肠的有效而安全的方法,可达到根治目的 。     

大肠黏膜表面结构对早期大肠癌及其癌前病变的诊断价值

目的 探讨大肠黏膜病变表面腺管开口分型对早期大肠癌及癌前病变的临床应用价值.方法 应用电子放大内镜结合黏膜染色方法观察了144例患者共162处大肠黏膜病变,并结合病变大体形态特点及病理组织学结果进行分析.结果 162处病变中非肿瘤性病变表现为Ⅰ型及Ⅱ型腺管开口者占76.5%（26/34）;肿瘤性病变表现为Ⅲ、Ⅳ和Ⅴ型腺管开口者占96.1%（123/128）.癌性病变则主要以Ⅴ型腺管开口为主,占75.0%（9/12）,其中3例进展期癌均表现为ⅤN型腺管开口.结论 大肠黏膜腺管开口分型对判断非肿瘤性病变、肿瘤性病变及早期大肠癌具有重要意义,并对临床治疗方式的选择具有指导意义.     

放大内镜下大肠黏膜腺管开口分型对早期大肠癌检出的意义

目的 评价腺管开口分型对早期大肠癌及癌前病变检出的临床价值.方法 回顾2004年11月至2007年8月结肠镜检查,采用内镜下黏膜染色技术,结合放大内镜及实体镜观察腺管开口分型并与病理诊断对照,腺管开口分型采用工藤进英分型标准.结果 结肠镜检杳大肠病变共1496个,非肿瘤性病变占30.6%(458/1496),各类型腺瘤占43.9%(657/1496),大肠癌占25.5%(381/1496).早期大肠癌61个;大肠侧向发育型肿瘤36个,直径10～62 mm,其中Ⅱ型3个,Ⅲ1.型14个,Ⅳ型17个,Ⅴ型2个.管状腺瘤中以低级别上皮内瘤变居多,占87.5%(363/415);管状绒毛状腺瘤高级别上皮内瘤变占40.7%(61/150);绒毛状腺瘤腺管开口以Ⅳ型为主,高级别上皮内瘤变达85.7%(42/49).结论 大肠腺管开口分型对于判断肿瘤性、非肿瘤性病变以及早期大肠癌的检出有重要意义,对及时进行内镜治疗或手术切除具有一定的临床指导意义.     

窄带成像放大内镜鉴别大肠肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变的价值

目的 探讨窄带成像放大内镜（NBI—ME）鉴别大肠肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变表面网状微血管结构改变的临床价值。方法选择常规内镜检出大肠肿瘤性、非肿瘤性病变144处（102例）,记录NBI—ME观察病变表面微血管结构（CP）形态和染色放大内镜观察病变黏膜表面腺管开口（pit）形态。分析pit周围CP形态变化,比较两者形态间的关系。所有病变经内镜或手术治疗后行组织病理学检查。结果常规内镜鉴别病变是否为肿瘤性的准确率75．7％、敏感性85．1％、特异性40．0％,明显低于NBI—ME和染色放大内镜（P〈0．005）,NBI—ME和染色放大内镜间则未见差异。CP分型与pit分型对照,CP—Ⅰ型、Ⅱ型、Ⅳ型、Ⅵa型分别与pitⅠ型、Ⅱ型、Ⅳ型、Ⅴ1型间一致性达100％。144处病变中,内镜治疗129处,手术治疗15处。组织病理学检查：非肿瘤性30处（增生性息肉17处、炎症性息肉13处）;肿瘤性114处（腺瘤95处、腺癌19处）。结论初步显示NBI—ME和染色放大内镜之间具有正相关性,两种检查方法互补可作为当前鉴别大肠病变是否为肿瘤性的重要手段。     

The immunoneuroendocrine role of melatonin

Abstract: A tight, physiological link between the pineal gland and the immune system is emerging from a series of experimental studies. This link might reflect the evolutionary connection between self-recognition and reproduction. Pinealectomy or other experimental methods which inhibit melatonin synthesis and secretion induce a state of immunodepression which is counteracted by melatonin. In general, melatonin seems to have an immunoenhancing effect that is particularly apparent in immunodepressive states. The negative effect of acute stress or immunosuppressive pharmacological treatments on various immune parameters are counteracted by melatonin. It seems important to note that one of the main targets of melatonin is the thymus, i.e., the central organ of the immune system. The clinical use of melatonin as an immunotherapeutic agent seems promising in primary and secondary immunodeficiencies as well as in cancer immunotherapy. The immunoenhancing action of melatonin seems to be mediated by T-helper cell-derived opioid peptides as well as by lymphokines and, perhaps, by pituitary hormones. Melatonin-induced-immuno-opioids (MHO) and lymphokines imply the presence of specific binding sites or melatonin receptors on cells of the immune system. On the other hand, lymphokines such as -γ-interferon and interleukin-2 as well as thymic hormones can modulate the synthesis of melatonin in the pineal gland. The pineal gland might thus be viewed as the crux of a sophisticated immunoneuroendocrine network which functions as an unconscious, diffuse sensory organ.     

Changes in connexin43, the gap junction protein of astrocytes, during development of the rat pineal gland

Abstract: The abundance of gap junctions between rat pineal astrocytes formed by connexin43 (Cx43) was studied during development. Levels and distribution of Cx43 were measured by immunoblotting and indirect immunofluorescence, respectively. The amount of Cx43 in cells located within the gland was low until about the 7th postnatal day and increased to adult values between the 14th and 21st days postpartum. Although astrocytes, recognized by their vimentin immunoreactivity, were scarce before birth, they were abundant by the 7th postnatal day suggesting that the low levels of Cx43 found at this age corresponded to a low expression of this protein. Localization of the immunoreactivity to Cx43 and vimentin showed a close correlation, indicating that mature or immature pineal astrocytes form gap junctions made of Cx43. Since Cx43 levels attained their adult values at about the time the innervation and the functional state of the gland reached maturity (2–3 weeks after birth), it is proposed that astrocyte gap junctions are involved in the function of the adult rat pineal gland.     

Conservative management of perforated duodenal diverticulum： A case report and review of the literature

Duodenal diverticula are a relatively common condition. They are asymptomatic, unless they become complicated, with perforation being the rarest but most severe complication. Surgical treatment is the most frequently performed approach. We report the case of a patient with a perforated duodenal diverticulum, which was diagnosed early and treated conservatively with antibiotics and percutaneous drainage of secondary retroperitoneal abscesses. We suggest this method could be an acceptable option for the management of similar cases, provided that the patient is in good general condition and without septic signs.     

Response of rat pineal melatonin to calcium, magnesium, and lithium is circadian stage dependent

Abstract: Herein we documented the response of pineal melatonin production to electrolytes known to be effective on pineal function in view of a possible circadian stage dependence. We studied the release of melatonin by perifused rat pineal glands at 2 different circadian stages corresponding to the middle of the light and dark periods, i.e., respectively, 7 and 19 HALO (Hours After Light Onset, L:D = 12:12). The initial efflux rates were, as expected, much higher in the perifusates of glands removed from rats sacrificed during the dark phase than of those removed during the light phase. After 3 hr of perifusion, melatonin release reached similar levels which were found constant up to the 8th hr of perifusion, whatever the circadian stage. Perifusion of the glands with physiological concentrations for the rat of calcium (5.2 mmol/1) and magnesium (1.34 mmol/1) resulted in a stimulatory effect on the pineal glands removed from rats sacrificed in the middle of the dark period (19 HALO), whereas no effects were observed on the pineal glands removed from rats sacrificed during the light (7 HALO). Lithium (0.28 and 0.55 mmol/1) was ineffective on melatonin release in pineal glands removed 7 and 19 HALO. Our results show differences in the initial efflux rates of melatonin and in the response of perifused pineal glands to calcium and magnesium according to the circadian stage.     

Presence of immunoreactive growth hormone and prolactin in the ovine pineal gland

Abstract: The use of antisera raised against bovine growth hormone (GH) and ovine prolactin (PRL) enabled the detection of related immunoreactive (ir) sequences of proteins in ovine pineal tissue. The isolation of PRL-like ir-material was accomplished using a 0.25 M ammonium sulphate (pH 5.5) extraction followed by ethanol precipitation, whereas the resulting 2.0 M ammonium sulphate (pH 7.0) precipitate contained a GH-like immunoreactivity. Gel chromatography of the GH-like immunoreactivity (Sephadex G-100) indicated the presence of several GH-like fragments ranging in the M_r range of 7,000 to 55,000. Analyses of the PRL-like ir-material found in pineal tissue on HPLC using a TSK 545-DEAE column led to the resolution into a single peak of immunoreactivity. A single peak of activity was also observed following chromatofocusing and hydrophobic interaction chromatography of the ir-peak from the TSK 545-DEAE column. The PRL-like ir-material inhibited the binding of [¹²⁵I]ovine PRL-S14 to anti-ovine PRL antibodies without showing an affinity for binding to anti-rat PRL or anti-bovine GH antibodies. Scatchard analysis of the binding of pineal PRL-like ir-material and pituitary ovine PRL-S14 to liver membranes from day-20 pregnant rats revealed similar affinity constants (K_a of 4.7 ± 0.2 × 10⁹ M^-1). In addition, the replication of Nb 2 Node rat lymphoma cells was stimulated by pineal PRL-like ir-material, an effect known to be specific for lactogenic hormones. The pineal PRL-like immunoreactivity appeared on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels as a single major band of M_r 24,000. The functional status of PRL-and GH-like ir-material in the ovine pineal remains to be determined, but evidence is presented that the overall protein synthesis rate of the rat pineal responded to circulating concentrations of PRL.     

Microbiology of human immunodeficiency virus anorectal disease

PURPOSE: Individuals who are seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus are at high risk for opportunistic infection and anorectal disorders. Little prospective information is available regarding anorectal pathogens in these patients. METHODS: One hundred sixty-three HIV-seropositive patients presented to the colorectal clinic between 1989 and 1992. Forty-seven (29 percent) patients were thought to have an infectious process and were prospectively studied using a standardized multiculture protocol. RESULTS: Mean age was 33 (range, 19–59) years. All were male; high-risk behavior accounted for 87 percent of HIV transmissions. Presenting complaints included anorectal pain (79 percent), pus per anum (28 percent), and blood per anum (26 percent). Examination revealed perianal tenderness (60 percent), condyloma (38 percent), perianal ulcers (38 percent), and anal fissures (34 percent). Sixty-six sets of cultures were performed; 28 patients had one set, 15 had two sets, and 4 had three sets. Thirty-two of these 47 patients (68 percent) had positive cultures including herpes (50 percent), cytomegalovirus (25 percent),Neisseria gonorrhoeae (16 percent), chlamydia (16 percent), acidfast bacilli (2 percent), and others (9 percent). Six of 32 patients with positive cultures had more than one organism cultured. Sixteen (50 percent) patients with positive cultures were treated medically, 8 (25 percent) were treated surgically and 8 (25 percent) were treated with both modalities. Sixty-one procedures were performed on 17 patients for condylomata. Eighteen patients had 20 procedures for abscesses, 50 percent of whom had positive cultures for other than common bowel flora; all improved. Fourteen patients underwent 33 procedures for perianal fistulas.Mycobacterium fortuitum was cultured from one patient who required 13 procedures for abscesses and fistulas. Forty-five (96 percent) patients were followed for an average of 12.5 months ±2.9 SEM (range, 1–94 months). Symptoms were improved or resolved in 22 of 32 (69 percent) patients with positive cultures and in 11 of 13 (84 percent) with negative cultures. CONCLUSIONS: Specific pathogens may often be identified in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients with anorectal disorders if aggressively sought. Although patients without specific pathogens identified may be expected to improve with planned empiric treatment, positive identification allows more directed therapy.