A case of leukemia-associated arthritis--identification of leukemic cells in synovial fluid by light microscopy

One case of arthritis complicating leukemia is described in which leukemic cells were identified in synovial fluid by light microscopy. Although arthritis is a well-known manifestation of leukemia with an incidence of 13.5%, the pathogenesis often is unclear, and the direct demonstration of leukemic cells in synovial fluid has been very uncommon. A 16 year-old male patient was admitted due to left elbow joint pain and swelling. Synovial fluid examination revealed blast cells and this finding has directed to a final diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.     

Induction of rat liver microsomal epoxide hydrolase by thiazole and pyrazine: hydrolysis of 2-cyanoethylene oxide

Liver microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) is active in the detoxificationof epoxide-containing carcinogens. The effects of thiazole andpyrazine, constituents of tobacco and tobacco smoke as wellas of a variety of foods, on the expression and regulation ofmEH were examined in rats (200 mg/kg body wt/day, i.p., 1/emdash3 days). Immunoblot analyses using rabbit anti-rat mEH antibodyrevealed a significant increase in mEH levels in hepatic microsomesisolated from either thiazole- or pyrazine-treated animals.Another protein (43 kd) cross-reacting with polyclonal mEH antibodywas found to be increased concomitantly following pyrazine treatment.Northern and slot blot analyses showed substantial increasesin mEH mRNA following either thiazole or pyrazine treatment.The level of mEH mRNA increased 17-fold at 24 h following thiazoletreatment, relative to control. Approximately 20- and 16-foldincreases in mEH mRNA were also observed at 48 and 72 h respectivelyfollowing treatment with pyrazine. The level of polymerase chainreaction (PCR)-amplified mEH DNA derived from poly(A)+ RNA wasclearly elevated following either thiazole or pyrazine treatmentrelative to that from untreated animals. Both sense and antisensestrands of PCR-amplified mEH DNA were cloned into an M13mpl9phage vector in order to examine the nucleotide sequences ofPCR-amplified mEH DNA derived from the poly(A)+ RNA isolatedfrom thiazole- or pyrazine-treated animals. Sequence analysesrevealed that the sequence of PCR-amplified DNA from the inducedmRNA was identical to that published for mEH cDNA. Epoxide hydrolaseactivity toward the hydrolysis of 2-cyanoethylene oxide (CEO),the epoxide metabolite of the rat carcinogen acrylonitrile,was not significant in hepatic microsomes from untreated rats,but was substantially induced by treatment with thiazole orpyrazine. Microsomal hydrolysis activity was heat-sensitiveand potently inhibited by l, l, l-trichloropropene-2, 3-oxide,indicating that mEH was the catalyst. The V_max for the hydrolysisof CEO by hepatic microsomes from thiazole-treated rats (13.4nmol/min/mg protein) was 1.5-fold greater than that with microsomesfrom pyrazine-treated rats, whereas similar K_m values ( 1 mM)were observed for both microsomal preparations. These kineticdata correlate well with the increases in mEH mRNA observedafter administration of thiazole or pyrazine to rats. Theseresults provide evidence that administration of thiazole orpyrazine induces mEH with a large increase in mEH mRNA, andthat the induced mEH catalyzes the hydrolysis of CEO.     

顽固性复发性气胸胸膜腔造影及硬化治疗后追踪

对32例顽固性复发性气胸患者用60%泛影葡胺进行胸膜腔造影,确定裂口后作硬化剂治疗,并作复张后胸部CT对照及手术追踪对照,取得满意效果。     

磷酸钛钾激光声带切除术不同术式的临床特点

目的 探讨支撑喉镜下磷酸钛钾（ｐｏｔａｓｉｕｍ ｔｉｔａｎｉｕｍ ｐｈｏｓｐｈａｔｅ,ＫＴＰ）激光声带切除术不同术式的选择及愈合过程中的临床特点。方法 选择７６例早期声门型喉癌行ＫＴＰ激光声带切除术,对不同术式术后喉内结构恢复过程、音质变化等进行随访观察记录。结果 Ⅰ型术式１１例,３个月后恢复喉的正常结构及功能;Ⅱ型术式５０例,３个月后有声带样粘膜皱襞（以下称新声带）形成,基本恢复喉的结构;Ⅲ型术     

蝶窦囊肿诊治47例分析

目的：提高对蝶窦囊肿的认识,以利于其诊断和治疗,方法：回顾性分析蝶窦囊肿４７例,总结其发病趋势、临床表现,影像学特征及治疗效果。结果：蝶窦囊肿最主要的临床症状为头痛,约占６４％;其次为眼部症状,再次为鼻部症状。蝶窦囊肿最易易及视神经,影响者视力,早期手术有利于神经力的恢复。鼻内窥镜下蝶窦囊肿摘除了术有损伤小,出血少,痛苦轻,手术时间短、安全,术后恢复快等优点。结论：ＣＴ、ＭＲＩ和鼻内窥镜的应用,提     

青光眼类型及静态阈值视野损害

目的:探讨青光眼类型与静态阈值视野损害间的关系.方法:对确诊的147例、228只青光眼分类进行静态阈值视野检查.结果:不同类型的青光眼在静态阈值视野缺损出现的最大象限上差异无显著性.青光眼静态阈值视野缺损最大象限的分布依次为颞上、鼻上、鼻下,颞下象限分布最少.结论:不同类型的青光眼所致静态阈值视野损害的主要机制可能是相同的.     

Partial Sequence Analysis of the Genome of Human Herpesvirus 7 YY5 Isolated from Saliva Samples

Ｈｕｍａｎｈｅｒｐｅｓｖｉｒｕｓ 7(ＨＨＶ 7)ｉｓｏｎｅｏｆｔｈｅｍｏｓｔｒｅｃｅｎｔｌｙｄｉｓｃｏｖｅｒｅｄｍｅｍｂｅｒｏｆｔｈｅｈｅｒ ｐｅｓｖｉｒｕｓｆａｍｉｌｙ .Ｉｔｗａｓｆｉｒｓｔｉｓｏｌａｔｅｄｆｒｏｍａｃｔｉｖａｔ ｅｄＣＤ4 Ｔｃｅｌｌｓｆｒｏｍｐｅｒｉｐｈｅｒａｌｂｌｏｏｄｍｏｎｏｎｕ ｃｌｅａｒｃｅｌｌｓ (ＰＢＭＣｓ)ｏｆａｈｅａｌｔｈｙｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌ[1] ,ａｐａｔｉｅｎｔｗｉｔｈｃｈｒｏｎｉｃｆａｔｉｇｕｅｓｙｎｄｒｏｍｅ(ＣＦＳ) [2 ] ,ａｎｄｆｒｏｍｓａｌｉｖａｏｆｈｅａｌ…