Brain Metastasis from Prostate Cancer: A Case Report

Brain metastases from prostate cancer are rare in postmortem examinations, and even rarer in clinical series. We report an unusual case of brain metastasis from prostate cancer confirmed by antemortem diagnosis in a 72-year-old man. The metastatic brain tumor was surgically resected and the patient was kept stable for more than 19 months after diagnosis of the brain metastasis.     

乌苯美司的药物动力学及对实验性肿瘤转移的治疗作用

目的：探讨乌苯美司对小鼠药物动力学及与实验性肿瘤转移治疗活性间的关系。方法：用放射免疫法测定小鼠在不同给药途径下的乌苯美司血清药物动力学及观察乌苯美司对黑色素瘤肺转移模型的治疗活性。结果：乌苯美司ｉｖ的Ｔ１２较短，初始血药浓度较高。ｉｖ和ｉｍ给药后的曲线下面积较大；ｐｏ及ｉｐ则较小。不同给药途径对实验性肿瘤转移均有治疗作用。结论：乌苯美司的血清Ｔ１２较短，其治疗活性取决于冲击和高剂量的给药方式。     

Early gastric cancer manifested as brain metastasis: Report of a case

A case of early gastric cancer, limited to submucosal layer, which was manifested as cerebral metastasis is presented herein. A 47-year-old man was admitted to Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital with convulsions and a disturbance in consciousness, where a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a cerebral tumor in the left temporal lobe. The resected tumor was identified as a metastatic adenocarcinoma. Further investigation revealed gastric cancer involving the posterior wall of the cardia. At laparotomy, multiple and small metastases of the liver and a jejunal metastasis were found, and a palliative total gastrectomy was performed. The surgical specimen revealed a protruding, poorly differentiated medullary adenocarcinoma, with invasion of the submucosal layer. The patient died 4 months after undergoing the laparotomy. This case report is presented to make clinicians aware of the possibility that early gastric cancers may present as brain metastasis.     

Detection of primary breast cancer in women with known adenocarcinoma metastatic to the axilla: Use of MRI after negative clinical and mammographic examination

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of MRI to identify a primary site of malignancy in the breast of patients who present clinically with ipsilateral lymph nodes containing metastatic carcinoma but whose physical and mammographic examination are negative. MRI of the breast was performed on four patients using a variety of imaging parameters, all with and without gadolinium contrast. All patients had biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma of the ipsilateral axilla, with negative physical and mammographic examinations. Foci of enhancement assessed visually on precontrast and postcontrast scans (n = 1) and on substraction studies (n = 3) were considered suspicious under the clinical circumstances defined for this study. Lesions identified on MRI were re-identified on ultrasound examination and either preoperative localization for excisional biopsy or tissue sampling was performed. Surgery was performed and histopathologic correlation was obtained in all cases. Primary sites of breast carcinoma were identified in all four patients, with multiple sites of malignancy identified in three of four patients. Breast conservation therapy was made possible for three of four patients based on the results of the MRI study showing sites of malignancy and no features of cancer elsewhere in the breast. Follow-up data of 1, 2, and 5 years of these patients show no evidence of recurrent disease. MRI of the breast is a useful technique for identifying primary sites of malignancy in patients presenting with ipsilateral lymph nodes positive for metastatic adenocarcinoma when the physical and mammographic examinations are negative.     

人精子染色体改良技术及其应用

课题研究提供了改良的人精子染色体直接制备，Ｇ显带核分析技术。在对８０例对象的人精子染色体直接制备，Ｇ显带核型分析中，成功率为６２．５％，较Ｔｅｍｐｌａｄｏ方法的成功率（５８．１％）进一步提高。通过对正常人，不育，流产对象的男性精子染色体研究，发现精子染色体数目和结构畸变率分别为：正常人２．３％和０％，不育１４．０％和４．８％，流产组４．５％和２．４％，不育和流产组的畸变率较正常人增加。在对５例染色     

鼻咽癌颈部转移性淋巴结的超声造影特征及时间强度曲线分析

Objective To study the character of cervical lymph nodes metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) by contrast-enhanced uhrasonography(CEUS) and time-intensity curve. Methods Forty-one lymph nodes of metastasis from 32 patients were studied by CEUS. The enhancement of echogenicity was evaluated,and the time-intensity curve was analyzed. Results Of the 41 lymph nodes examined, 10 (24.4%) showed intense homogeneous enhancement by CEUS, 23 (56.1%) showed inhomogeneous enhancement and 8 (19.5 %) showed scarce intranodal enhancement. There were 20 (48.8%) lymph nodes showed necrosis. Most of the lymph nodes (92.7%) showed peripheral type blood flow, 3 (7.3) % showed mixed type blood flow. There were significant differences in them(P < 0.01). The time-intensity curve displayed steeply in upslope, and gently in decent. The arrival time(AT), time to peak(TTP), peak intensity (PI) ,area and gradient were (7.2±2.5)s,(7.6±2.3)s,(9.5±3.3)dB,(203.4±45.7)dB· s,1.2±0.5 respectively. Between the lymph nodes with envelope infringed and not, there were significant differences in PI and area, while there were not significant differences in AT, TTP and gradient. Conclusions The metastasis cervical lymph nodes of NPC had specific character by CEUS and time-intensity curve. In this way,it may help us to diagnosis cervical lymph nodes metastasis of NPC,and provide more information for the therapy and prognosis judgement.     

A case of multiple leiomyomatous lesions of the lung: An analysis of flowcytometry and hormone receptors

A 36 year old woman was admitted to our department because of a chest X-ray which showed multiple developing shadows. She underwent bilateral exploratory thoracotomies and a total 5 tumors were resected and pathologically diagnosed as benign metastasizing leiomyoma, the largest of which was positive for the progesterone receptor and negative for the estrogen receptor. A histogram of this tumor using a flow cytometer showed a diploid pattern and 4.6 percent of the S phase which was not more than that of a leiomyoma of the uterus from another patient. Two months later, she underwent a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for treatment of the positive progesterone receptor in the pulmonary lesions. The resected uterine myoma and normal myometrium showed positive estrogen and progesterone receptors. For the subsequent 28 months she has been free of any further symptoms. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma of the uterus is a rare disease and very interesting because of its histological benignity and hormonal dependency. However, according to the literature, it is often confused in entity due to the fact that normal lung tissue also possesses hormone receptors. Considering our data on hormone receptors, it is rational to think that multiple leiomyomatous lesions in the lung should only be diagnosed as benign metastasizing leiomyomas when they possess positive estrogen and progesterone receptors.     

Metastatic thyroid carcinoma presenting as an expansile intraluminal esophageal mass

We report a patient with metastatic thyroid carcinoma invading the esophagus in whom barium and MR examinations revealed an expansile intraluminal mass indistinguishable from that of a primary esophageal malignancy. Metastatic thyroid carcinoma should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of an expansile esophageal mass. As in our patient, MR imaging may be useful for showing that the mass originates in the thyroid gland.     

87例肺癌患者核素骨显像结果分析

目的：通过对87例肺癌患者放射性核素全身骨显像结果进行分析，探讨肺癌骨转移的特点和规律。方法：回顾性分析了经临床病理证实的87例肺癌患者的全身骨显像表现。结果：肺癌骨转移率为63．2％，发生骨转移最常见的部位为肋骨，其次为脊椎骨、盆骨、四肢骨、肩胛骨、颅骨和胸锁骨。在不同病理类型的肺癌中，腺癌和鳞癌较其它类型更易发生骨转移。结论：肺癌骨转移比较常见，所以肺癌患者应常规作全身核素骨扫描，以帮助临床制订正确的治疗方案。     

Radionuclide venography vs Tc-99m-RBC equilibrium angiography: A comparative paired study

Combined direct injection venography (DIV) and equilibrium angiography (EA) were performed in 13 patients, by injecting in vitro labeled ^99mTc autologous RBC, via pedal veins, and imaging the first pass and the equilibrium phase. This paired comparative study of DIV with EA shows that DIV has advantages over EA because it provides selective information on the deep venous system from the calves to the inferior vena cava. DIV provides information on the flow dynamics and the high contrast first pass images provide better definition of non filling venous segments as well as visualization of collaterals. When using ^99mTc-MAA, lung perfusion can also be imaged. DIV is recommended as the procedure of choice for the diagnosis of DVT and EA should be employed only when pedal vein injection is not possible.