人体蠕形螨的生物学研究

用透明胶带法观察蠕形螨在人体面部的寄生、逸出及其在体外的存活能力。结果表明：毛囊蠕形螨（Ｄｅｍｏｄ－ｅｘｆｏｌｉｃｕｌｏｒｕｍ，Ｄ．ｆ．）主要以颚体朝向毛囊底部寄生，且常常有多条群居现象，而皮脂蠕形螨，（Ｄｅｍｏｄｅｘｂｒｅｖｉｓ，Ｄ．ｂ．）一般为单条独居生活。两种人体蠕形螨昼夜均可主动爬出毛囊口出现在皮肤表面，Ｄ．ｆ．以白天１０００～１８００为逸出高峰；Ｄ．ｂ．则以夜间２２００～２００逸出最多。此外，蠕形螨在体外有较强的活动力和存活力。透明胶带法在人体蠕形螨的流行病学调查和生物学研究方面具有较高的应用价值     

甘露醇治疗颅内高压症36例临床分析

本文收集36例各种病因引起的颅内高压病例，依据脑CT提示脑出血量及脑积水程度，脑脊液压力及患者生命体征的特征，分为经、中、重三种类型进行脱水治疗。治愈率86％，病死率13．8％。治疗中应注意防止肾衰、糖尿病以及低颅内压综合征的出现。     

Lid retraction etiology

The upper lid position is abnormal if it exposes a white band of sclera between the lid margin and the upper corneal limbus while the retracted lower lid lies below the inferior corneal margin and is tethered to the orbital margin. Lid retraction is a sign of many congenital and acquired diseases and is characterised by multifactorial etiology. The aim of this study was to discuss the etiology of lid retraction divided into four categories: neurogenic, myogenic, mechanical and miscellaneous, what suggests a successful differential diagnostic and therapeutic approach.     

Custom step wedge blocking using dynamic multileaf collimation for parametrial pelvic boost irradiation following brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix

Carcinoma of the cervix is typically treated with a combination of intracavitary brachytherapy and external beam radiation. The external beam dose is delivered with whole pelvis fields followed by split fields that protect midline organs at risk (bladder and rectum) while treating the parametria. Three approaches have been developed to shield midline structures: a simple rectangular block, a block customized to a single brachytherapy isodose line, and a step wedge filter constructed to conform to multiple brachytherapy isodose lines. A customized step wedge filter has the potential to produce a more homogeneous dose distribution but has not achieved widespread use due to labor intensive construction. We have developed a simple, novel method to produce a custom midline step wedge using dynamic multileaf collimation (dMLC). A comparison of film measurements in a phantom with the dose calculated by a commercial treatment planning system demonstrated agreement within 3% or 3 mm. The technique requires delivery times comparable to conventional techniques.     

Absence of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA in lymphoma samples from Tasmania, Australia

AIMS: It has been postulated that the recent world-wide increase in the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) may have been caused by human infection with simian virus 40 (SV40) (a lymphotropic monkey virus that was introduced to man from contaminated poliovirus vaccines between 1955 and 1963); therefore, we set out to determine the incidence of SV40 DNA positivity in lymphoma samples from patients in Tasmania, Australia. METHODS: One hundred lymph node samples, 50 from patients with lymphomas and 50 from controls, were tested using PCR amplification of three SV40-specific primer pairs followed by dot-blot hybridisation. RESULTS: All of the samples tested contained amplifiable DNA, but none contained amplifiable SV40 sequences with any of the primer sets used. CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate absence of SV40 in the lymphoid tissues of our study population in Tasmania, Australia. SV40 does not explain the increasing incidence of NHL in our population.     

Attenuation of intracavitary applicators in 192Ir-HDR brachytherapy

Unlike the penetrating monoenergetic 662 keV gamma rays emitted by 137Cs LDR sources, the spectrum of 192Ir used in HDR brachytherapy contains low-energy components. Since these are selectively absorbed by the high-atomic number materials of which intracavitary applicators are made, the traditional neglect of applicator attenuation can lead to appreciable dose errors. We investigated the attenuation effects of a uterine applicator, and of a set of commonly used vaginal cylinders. The uterine applicator consists of a stainless steel source guide tube with a wall thickness of 0.5 mm and a density of 8.02 g/cm3, whereas the vaginal cylinders consist of the same stainless steel tube plus concentric polysulfone cylinders with a radius of 1 or 2 cm and a density of 1.40 g/cm3. Monte Carlo simulations were performed to compute dose distributions for a bare 192Ir-HDR source, and for the same source located within the applicators. Relative measurements of applicator attenuation using ion-chambers (0.125 cm3) confirmed the Monte Carlo results within 0.5%. We found that the neglect of the applicator attenuation overestimates the dose along the transverse plane by up to 3.5%. At oblique angles, the longer photon path within applicators worsens the error. We defined attenuation-corrected radial dose and anisotropy functions, and applied them to a treatment having multiple dwell positions inside a vaginal cylinder.     

A head-to-head comparison of measurement properties of the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L in acute myeloid leukemia patients

Quality of Life Research - This study aimed to compare the measurement properties of EQ-5D-3L(3L) and EQ-5D-5L(5L) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in China. We consecutively recruited...     

A case of bone metastases from carcinoma of the lung demonstrating increased uptake of 99mTc-ECD

A 48-year-old man with carcinoma of the lung had loss of consciousness during radiation therapy and underwent 99mTc-ethyl cysteinate dimer (99mTc-ECD) SPECT to evaluate brain tumor seen on CT scan. Incidentally 99mTc-ECD SPECT imaging showed intense accumulation in the frontal and occipital bone. The tumor in the occipital bone had been histologically proven to be a metastasis from carcinoma of the lung. We presented a very rare case of bone metastasis demonstrating increased uptake of 99mTc-ECD.     

瘤内注射重组人p53腺病毒治疗晚期肺癌临床试验观察

目的 观察重组人p53腺病毒注射液(rAd-p53)在晚期肺癌治疗中的疗效和毒副反应。方法 12例IIIb-IV期肺癌及3例肺转移癌,CT定位经皮肺穿刺瘤内注射rAd-p53,1 次/周×4/疗程;通过临床观察、CT及病理对照及短期随访进行评价。结果 治疗后2 月观察肿瘤缩小5例(33.3%),无变化7例(46.7%),增大3例(20%);治疗后病理观察:癌组织坏死,癌细胞稀少(6/11,54.5%);除自限性发热外,无明显毒副反应。结论rAd-p53瘤内注射治疗肺癌,无明显毒副作用,能较好地抑制局部肿瘤的发展,尤其对失去手术机会,不能耐受放化疗的患者,是一种可行的有前景的方法。