P300等诱发电位对亚临床肝性脑病早期诊断的意义

目的:观察事件相关电位P_(300)、体感诱发电位、视觉诱发电位和脑干听觉诱发电位在亚临床肝性脑病诊断中的意义。方法:50例亚临床肝性脑病患者进行了心理测验,并做了头颅CT和视觉诱发电位、体感诱发电位、脑干听觉诱发电位和事件相关电位检查,30例正常人做为对照组。结果:亚临床肝性脑病的心理测验,韦氏法智力低下率为76％,视觉诱发电位异常率为13％,脑干听觉诱发电位异常率为20％,体感诱发电位异常率为40％,事件相关电位异常率为71％,正常对照组四种诱发电位的正常率是100％。头颅CT结果与亚临床肝性脑病无关。结论:视觉诱发电位、体感诱发电位、脑干听觉诱发电位和事件相关电位在亚临床肝性脑病中是异常的。事件相关电位更为敏感,对亚临床肝性脑病的早期诊断有重要意义。     

Elevation of serum sex hormone-binding globulin in females with fulminant hepatitis B virus infection

Amongst adults exposed to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), the infection pursues a fulminant course more frequently in females, while conversely a chronic carrier state is more frequent in males. Because of these differences in sex ratio, we investigated the relationship between the outcome of HBV infection and serum concentrations of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), a circulating glycoprotein that exerts an important influence on the balance of free sex hormones. SHBG levels were significantly elevated in females with fulminant HBV infection compared to females with either uncomplicated acute or chronic HBV infection (P less than .05 and P less than .001, respectively). That this was not a nonspecific effect of fulminant hepatitis was confirmed by the significantly higher levels in this group than in age-matched females with fulminant hepatitis unrelated to HBV (P less than .05). In contrast, four of 15 female HBsAg carriers had SHBG values in the male range, and these included three of four patients who had acquired HBV as adults. SHBG levels were normal in all male groups. These results suggested that for adults the hormonal environment may be important in determining the course of HBV infection.     

左肝管全程剖开胆肠吻合术的应用解剖学研究

左肝管全程剖开手术,必须熟悉左肝管与邻近血管的局部解剖关系.为此我们用 ABS 丙酮溶液灌注塑型了6具新鲜成人尸肝脏,解剖40例(成人30,儿童10)肝脏标本,测量了左肝管长度和管径,左肝管与肝总管夹角。全程剖开左肝管与右肝管,并观察左肝管与右肝管、左肝动脉、门静脉左干和肝圆韧带的关系,提出了右肝管全程剖开手术方法和注意事项。     

血常规参数RDW在肝纤维化诊断中的价值

目的初步探讨病毒性肝炎患者的红细胞分布宽度（RDW）、平均红细胞体积（MCV）、平均血小板体积（MPV）、血小板分布宽度（PDW）等四项血常规参数在肝纤维化诊断中的意义。方法303例病毒性肝炎患者分为急性肝炎（AH）组、慢性肝炎（CH）组、肝炎肝硬化（LC）组和重型肝炎（SH）组，对照组由16名健康人组成。采用全自动血细胞计麴仪检测所有被测试者的血常规参数，并同期对其中179例患者采用放射免疫法检测其血清透明质酸（HA）和层粘蛋白（LN）水平、采用彩色多普勒超声仪测量其脾脏的长径（SPL）及厚度（SPT），研究上述指标之间的相互关系。结果CH组、LC组和SH组患者的RDW均显著高于对照组，CH组、LC组的MCV显著高于对照组，MPV和PDW在各病毒性肝炎组与对照组之间无显著性差异：病毒性肝炎患者的RDW与其HA、LN、SPT、SPL成显著直线正相关。结论RDW对慢性肝炎肝纤维化的诊断有一定的临床价值。     

肝纤维化门静脉压力改变与血清ET-1/NO关系的实验研究

目的制作兔肝纤维化模型，观察血管活性物质与门静脉压力变化的关系。方法40只家兔采用口服硫代乙酰胺方法造模，分别于造模第8、12、16、20周时检测内皮素（ET-1）及NO浓度，超声观察胆囊壁及肝脏血流动力学指标，直接穿刺测量不同时期门静脉压力。分析血管活性物质与肝脏血流动力学指标及门静脉压力变化间的关系。结果胆囊壁增厚是肝纤维化阶段的二维超声表现；随着纤维化程度的加重，血清ET-1、NO浓度逐渐增加，且以ET-1／N0比值增加更为明显；门静脉内压力、肠系膜上动脉、脾动脉搏动指数（PI）随纤维化程度逐渐增加，实验组与对照组间差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05），且与ET-1／NO值呈正相关（P〈0．01）。结论通过超声可无创检测肝脏血流动力学变化，对肝纤维化临床诊断及治疗效果的观察，具有积极的作用。     

Embryology of Extra‐ and Intrahepatic Bile Ducts,the Ductal plate

In the human embryo, the first anlage of the bile ducts and the liver is the hepatic diverticulum or liver bud. For up to 8 weeks of gestation, the extrahepatic biliary tree develops through lengthening of the caudal part of the hepatic diverticulum. This structure is patent from the beginning and remains patent and in continuity with the developing liver at all stages. The hepatic duct (ductus hepaticus) develops from the cranial part (pars hepatica) of the hepatic diverticulum. The distal portions of the right and left hepatic ducts develop from the extrahepatic ducts and are clearly defined tubular structures by 12 weeks of gestation. The proximal portions of the main hilar ducts derive from the first intrahepatic ductal plates. The extrahepatic bile ducts and the developing intrahepatic biliary tree maintain luminal continuity from the very start of organogenesis throughout further development, contradicting a previous study in the mouse suggesting that the extrahepatic bile duct system develops independently from the intrahepatic biliary tree and that the systems are initially discontinuous but join up later. The normal development of intrahepatic bile ducts requires finely timed and precisely tuned epithelial–mesenchymal interactions, which proceed from the hilum of the liver toward its periphery along the branches of the developing portal vein. Lack of remodeling of the ductal plate results in the persistence of an excess of embryonic bile duct structures remaining in their primitive ductal plate configuration. This abnormality has been termed the ductal plate malformation. Anat Rec, 291:628–635, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Hepatomesenteric trunk

Abstract An hepatomesenteric trunk, formed by the common hepatic and superior mesenteric arteries, was found in a 50-year-old male cadaver. The left gastric and splenic arteries arose as a common trunk, the gastrosplenic trunk, from the abdominal aorta; no typical celiac trunk was present. In addition, the hepatomesenteric trunk passed posterior to the portal vein. A knowledge of variations of the common hepatic artery may be important in pancreaticoduodenectomy, as well as during hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy.     

Hereditary uroporphyrinogen-decarboxylase deficiency predisposing porphyria cutanea tarda (chronic hepatic porphyria) in females after oral contraceptive medication

Summary Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) was diagnosed in 27 women aged 23–48 years (mean, 35 years) who had been under oral-hormonal-contraceptive medication for 1–18 years, in 3 women under substitutional estrogen treatment in the menopause, and in 2 men aged 65 and 76 years after estrogen treatment of prostatic carcinoma. In all patients, total urinary porphyrin excretion was elevated, with an average uro-and heptacarboxyporphyrin predominance of 88%, thus proving PCT. On the patients, 84% showed a significant decrease of erythrocyte uroporphyrinogen-decarboxylase (UD; EC 4.1.1.37) activity to 50% of control levels suggesting a hereditary predisposition for the development of a chronic hepatic porphyria. Estrogens and alcohol are capable of reducing hepatic UD activity. Women with hereditary red cell UD deficiency may be regarded as predisposed to PCT when under estrogen intake, especially in combination with the potentiating influence of alcohol and chronic liver disease. Normal erythrocyte UD values in patients with additive alcohol consumption may implicate a stronger inhibitory effect for alcohol on UD, suggesting a merely toxic form of chronic hepatic porphyria.     

Hepatic elimination of drugs with concentration-dependent serum protein binding

For a drug with concentration-dependent serum protein binding, the unbound fraction of drug decreases during the drug elimination process. The clearance of the drug at a given blood flow rate is lower than would be expected from the observed unbound fraction in venous blood from a noneliminating organ. Based on both the well-stirred and parallel tube models, simulations demonstrated that consideration of concentration-dependent binding during drug elimination is important when the intrinsic clearance is higher than the blood flow and when the unbound drug concentration is much greater than the dissociation equilibrium constant of the binding complex.Supported in part by Grant GM 28423 from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, NIH.