Prenatal screening and diagnosis of handicaps: Current state of the art

Current medical procedures used in prenatal screening and diagnosis of handicapping conditions are reviewed. These strategies include ultrasound, amniocentesis, chorionic villus biopsy, restriction enzyme analysis, maternal serum analysis, fetoscopy, and fetal serum analysis. Along with an explanation of each method, advantages, disadvantages, and risks involved with each are provided. An understanding of these procedures by medical and educational personnel is encouraged, and the potential benefits of prenatal identification of handicapping conditions are emphasized.     

椎动脉型颈椎病的影像学诊断

本文描述了椎动脉型颈椎病的概念及发病机制 ,并对该病的各种影像学检查的主要表现及优缺点进行了综述。     

18F-FDG符合线路显像与同机CT融合在肿瘤诊断的应用

【目的】评价~(18)F-FDG符合线路显像及同机CT图像融合在肿瘤诊断中的价值。【方法】经病理确诊或临床确诊为恶性肿瘤的病人79例,良性肿块病人19例进行~(18)F-FDG符合线路显像及同机CT图像融合检查,经COSEM重建,结果与解剖显像比较。【结果】①~(18)F-FDG符合显像诊断恶性肿瘤的敏感性、特异性、准确率、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为92.4％、89.5％、91.8％、97.3％和73.9％,解剖显像分别为79.8％、63.2％、76.5％、90.0％和42.9％。②同部位显像比较中,~(18)F-FDG显像病灶探测数为302个,而解剖显像为286个。③同机CT融合明显提高对肺部近纵隔、膈缘及腹部等部位的定位诊断。【结论】~(18)F-FDG符合线路显像较解剖显像更好地对恶性肿瘤作出鉴别诊断,并且能探测到更多的恶性病灶,同机CT融合较大地提高定位诊断的准确性,具有重要的临床价值,值得临床广泛应用。     

关于我国体外诊断试剂监督管理改革的建议

本文综述了美国、欧盟、日本、中国目前对体外诊断产品（试剂）监督管理的现状以及我国存在的问题。并根据我国具体情况提出了对体外诊断试剂监督管理的改革建议。     

MRI对累及头颈部淋巴组织病变的鉴别意义

目的:基于累及头颈部淋巴组织病变的临床不典型性,旨在探讨MRI对其进行鉴别诊断的客观依据。方法:对本组22例可疑累及头颈部淋巴组织的各类病变进行MRI检查并与病理学结果进行对照。结果:MRI对本组22例累及淋巴组织病变的诊断与病理学诊断的符合率(21/22)约为95%。结论:MRI是对累及头颈部淋巴组织病变的重要检查手段,并能为明确其诊断提供客观依据。     

Respondent and informant accounts of psychiatric symptoms in a sample of patients with learning disability

This paper investigates differences in the nature and frequency of psychiatric symptoms reported by patients with learning disability and by key informants. The study involved psychiatric assessment of 100 patients with learning disabilities and key informants using the Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with a Developmental Disability (PAS-ADD), a semi-structured psychiatric interview developed specifically for people who have a learning disability. There was considerable disagreement between respondent and informant interviews; only 40.7% of cases were detected by both interviews. Respondents were more likely to report on autonomic symptoms and certain psychotic phenomena. Other anxiety and depression symptoms were more frequently reported by infcrnnants. The results indicate that it is crucial for sensitive case detection to complete both interviews where possible. If the respondent cannot be interviewed, panic disorder or phobias may be particularly difficult to detect.     

Diagnosis and treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome

Patients who develop symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) have a predisposing anatomic abnormality. In most patients with TOS, the symptoms are caused by entrapment of the brachial plexus and they do not arise from compression of the subclavian artery, as was previously thought. The tests advocated for diagnosing this common syndrome (i.e., evaluating the positional compression of the artery when the arms are raised, the neck is turned, or the shoulders are braced) cannot accurately diagnose this syndrome. There are two reasons for this. The symptoms of TOS are not related to the compression of the artery in the outlet in 98% of patients, and 75% of normal individuals without symptoms show diminished radial pulse on various provocation tests. We employed four timed provocation tests (minute tests) to diagnose TOS: the timed Morley test, timed Wright test, timed Eden test, and elevated arm stress exercise, all of which are very sensitive. In normal individuals without symptoms, 20% experience transitional symptoms such as slight pain and tiredness, on these tests indicating a subclinical state. TOS is treated by keeping the thoracic outlet wide, this being done either conservatively or surgically. In 1993 and 1994, we conservatively treated 418 of 422 patients with TOS by means of active exercise, a brace, and by block therapy. These measures did not reduce the symptoms in 23 of these patients, so surgical treatment was indicated. In the remaining 4 of the 422 patients, conservative treatment was not indicated and surgery was performed directly. All the patients showed significant clinical improvement of varying degree. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Tokyo, April 12, 1996     

心包疾病的CT诊断

对６１例心包疾病的ＣＴ表现进行了分析。少量心包积液主要聚集在前、左象限，中、大量积液则主要向左或左后象限扩展。根据积液厚度及分布象限可作积液量的评估。缩窄性心包炎ＣＴ均显壁层心包增厚，以心包腹侧面增厚为主，部分病人伴有心包钙化、房室扩大及腔静脉扩张。心包肿瘤侵犯或转移表现为心包不规则增厚或呈结节状改变。