鼻咽癌组织中微血管的分布

目的：观察鼻咽癌组织中微血管的分布及存在状况,探讨其与鼻咽癌的临床病理联系。方法：采用免疫组织化学Ｓ－Ｐ法,检测血栓调节蛋白在鼻咽癌血管内皮细胞的表达,进行微血管的定性半定量研究。结果：鼻咽癌组织中微血管的分布不均匀。极性消失。血管呈分支芽状弥漫分布于癌组织中,或呈条索状围绕癌细胞团。微血管的数目与癌细胞的增殖指数屯预后正相关。结论：鼻咽癌组织中微血管数与患者的生存期有关。     

严重烧伤病人早期肾功能损害与早期糖尿症的相关性研究

目的 :通过对严重烧伤病人进行应激性糖尿症和早期肾功能损害等并发症观察研究 ,进一步了解其发病机制。方法 :对重度烧伤病人进行血 BS、BUN、Cr、UA、TNFα、INS、β2 - MG及尿糖、尿 PRO、尿 p H、尿β2 - MG等进行监测。结果 :发现 5例病人在血糖不高的情况下出现糖尿和不同程度的肾功能损害。结论 :部分严重烧伤病人早期糖尿是由肾脏近曲小管吸收障碍引起。     

99mTc-MIBI scan in mammary Pagets disease: a case report

Technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) uptake is known to be increased in breast cancer because of increased blood flow from angiogenesis and heightened metabolism. We performed a 99mTc-MIBI scan in a patient with mammary Paget's disease. The patient had underlying invasive cancer in the same side of the breast. 99mTc-MIBI scan exhibited a scintigraphic image of the uptake from the invasive cancer lesion located deeply in the breast toward the epidermis. 99mTc-MIBI showed an uptake in the deeply located invasive cancer lesion as well as nipple lesion. Especially, the delayed phase of Tc-MIBI scan demonstrated the tumor site more accurately. In conclusion, 99mTc-MIBI scan could be a useful adjunct to clinical decision making in the management of Paget's disease of the breast.     

Undetectable serum thyroglobulin in a patient with metastatic follicular thyroid cancer

The case of a 54-year-old woman with metastatic follicular thyroid cancer and undetectable serum thyroglobulin is presented. Many years after the patient had a subtotal thyroidectomy for a large goiter that had no clear evidence of malignancy, metastatic bone disease developed. When the bone metastases were detected and during the follow-up period, serum thyroglobulin values remained undetectable, but radioiodine uptake in the metastases was abundant. This case indicates that the combination of 1-131 scintigraphy and serum thyroglobulin values is superior to the measurement of serum thyroglobulin alone in detecting well-differentiated, metastatic thyroid cancer.     

Tea preparations protect against DMBA-induced oral carcinogenesis in hamsters

The preventive effects of green tea, tea pigments, and mixed tea (a composite of whole water extract of green tea, tea polyphenols, and tea pigments) on 7,12-dimethyl-benz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced oral carcinogenesis in golden Syrian hamsters were studied. The right buccal pouches of animals were topically treated with 0.5% DMBA three times per week for 15 weeks. Animals were killed separately after 6, 10, and 15 weeks of DMBA treatment. Oral tumors were counted and measured, and mean tumor burden was calculated. The incidence of preneoplastic lesions and micronucleated cells, the number and volume of silver-stained nucleolar organizer regions (AgNOR), the labeling index of proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and the level of epidermal growth factor receptor expression were studied. The results showed that oral administration of 1.5% green tea, 0.1% tea pigments, and 0.5% mixed tea as the sole source of drinking water for two weeks before initiation of the DMBA treatment and until the end of the experiment significantly reduced the mean tumor burden and the incidence of dysplasia and oral carcinoma (p < 0.01). The frequency of micronucleated cells, the number of AgNOR, the total volume of AgNORs, the labeling index of proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and the level of epidermal growth factor receptor expression in the oral mucosal cells were also significantly reduced (p < 0.01). These results clearly indicated that tea preparations could effectively inhibit DMBA-induced oral carcinogenesis in hamsters. Protection from DNA damage and suppression of cell proliferation could be important mechanisms of the anticarcinogenic effects of the tea preparations.     

Effect of diode laser trans-scleral cyclophotocoagulation in the management of glaucoma after intravitreal silicone oil injection for complicated retinal detachments

AIMS: To evaluate the effect of trans scleral cyclophotocoagulation (TSCPC) on intraocular pressure (IOP) in the eyes retaining intravitreal silicone oil with medically uncontrolled secondary glaucoma following intravitreal silicone oil injection. METHODS: Medical records of 11 eyes of 11 patients who underwent TSCPC for medically uncontrolled glaucoma without pupillary block following intravitreal silicone oil injection for complicated retinal detachment were reviewed retrospectively. In all cases, intravitreal silicone oil was not removed for fear of retinal redetachment. Diode laser contact TSCPC was performed at a power of 1.5-2.5 W, for a duration of 2 seconds, and with 20-27 applications. IOP, number of glaucoma medications, and success rate were evaluated. RESULTS: After a mean follow up period of 52.5 (SD 8.2) (range 42-68) weeks, the mean pretreatment level of IOP, 43.0 (14.4) (26-67) mmHg, had fallen to 14.5 (4.3) (7-20) mm Hg (p=0.003). The number of glaucoma medications was reduced from 2.6 (0.8) to 0.6 (1.0) (p= 0.005). Qualified success was achieved in nine eyes (81.8%) and complete success in six (54.5%). After TSCPC, patients' retinal status had not changed. CONCLUSION: Patients with medically uncontrolled glaucoma secondary to intravitreal silicone oil injection can be treated with TSCPC in spite of the retained intravitreal silicone oil.     

Endophthalmitis from Mycobacterium bovis-bacille Calmette-Guérin after intravesicular bacille Calmette-Guérin injections for bladder carcinoma

PURPOSE: To present clinical and histologic findings of intraocular infection with Mycobacterium bovis-bacille Calmette-Guérin after intravesicular bacille Calmette-Guérin injections for treatment of bladder carcinoma. METHODS: A 77-year-old man was initially seen with visual acuity of 20/200, focal retinitis, vasculitis, and progressive vitreous opacity in the right eye and visual acuity of light perception, intraocular inflammation, and a dense cataract in the left eye 14 months after intravesicular injection of live bacille Calmette-Guérin organisms. RESULTS: Vitreous cultures in the right eye demonstrated growth of bacille Calmette-Guérin organisms. Bilateral loss of light perception occurred despite systemic antimy-cobacterial therapy. Histopathologic examination demonstrated nongranulomatous inflammation and acid-fast bacilli in both eyes. CONCLUSION: Delayed endogenous endophthalmitis may develop after intravesicular bacille Calmette-Guérin injection that may not respond to systemic agents. Intravitreal therapy may be indicated.     

Metabolism of liriodendrin and syringin by human intestinal bacteria and their relation toin vitro cytotoxicity

When liriodendrin or syringin was incubated for 24 h with human intestinal bacteria, two metabolites, (+)-syringaresinol-beta-D-glucopyranoside and (+)-syringaresinol, from liriodendrin and one metabolite, synapyl alcohol, from syringin were produced. The metabolic time course of liriodendrin was as follows: at early time, liriodendrin was converted to (+)-syringaresinol-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and then (+)-syringaresinol. The in vitro cytotoxicities of these metabolites, (+)-syringaresinol and synapyl alcohol, were superior to those of liriodendrin and syringin.     

Inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitors fromMelia azedarach var.Japonica

In bioassay-guided search for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) inhibitory compounds from higher plants of South Korea, two beta-carboline alkaloids, 4-methoxy-1-vinyl-beta-carboline (1) and 4,8-dimethoxy-l-vinyl-beta-carboline (2) have been isolated from the cortex of Melia azedarach var. japonica. The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. Compounds 1 and 2 showed marked inhibitory activity of iNOS on LPS- and interferon-gamma-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells.