癌性胸腔积液端粒酶活性的检测

目的：探讨端粒酶活性水平检测对癌性胸腔积液的诊断价值。方法：采用Telomerase-PCR-ELISA法检测了30例癌性胸腔积液及21例良性胸腔积液的端粒酶活性水平，并与细胞学检查比较结果：癌性胸腔积液端粒酶活性阳性率76．6％，结核性胸腔积液20％（3／15），其他病因胸腔积液0％（0／6），癌性胸腔积液端粒酶活性高于细胞学检查率36．6％（P＜0．005），两者平行试验阳性率83．3％。结论：端粒酶活性的检测可能成为诊断癌性胸腔积液的重要辅助手段。     

Effect of prostaglandin E1 on graft function of kidneys from living related donors

Prostaglandin E₁ (PGE₁) was used in renal transplant recipients with living related donors. The drug was given intravenously from day 1 to day 7 after transplantation at a dose of 40 µg/kg twice a day. A total of 45 patients were studied divided into two groups: 25 patients were treated with PGE₁ (group B) and the remaining 20 patients did not receive the drug (group A). In group B, 24-h creatinine clearance (Ccr) was 66 ± 12.8 ml/min compared with 40.3 ± 13.4 ml/min in group A on the fifth postoperative day (P < 0.05). Urinary levels of N-acetyl-β-d -glucosaminidase (NAG) and serum levels of platelet factor 4 (PF4) in group B were significantly lower than in group A. On the fourth postoperative day, the urinary excretion of thromboxan B₂ (TxB₂) in group A was higher than in group B, but not significantly (5.1 ± 3.0 ng/day and 2.8 ± 1.1 ng/day, respectively). Acute rejection occurred in four patients in group B and in 10 patients (40%) in group A. The percentage of Leu2a-positive lymphocytes in group B was higher than in group A. We conclude that postoperative administration of PGE₁ improves graft function in kidneys from living related donors.     

Non-invasive dynamic assessment of the elasticity of intracranial structures

The dynamics of the speed of transcranial propagation of ultrasonic impulses has been established in humans. The possibility of detecting the changes in mechanical state of intracranial structures by dynamic measurement of the time of transcranial propagation of ultrasonic impulses (TUPT) has been ascertained for 10 healthy persons and 11 patients with different neurological pathology. The cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) was simultaneously monitored for 4 of the patients. Spontaneous fluctuations in TUPT and the changes caused by jugular veins, inferior vena cava compression, hyperventilation and temporary retention of breathing were detected for all investigated subjects. Spontaneous TUPT changes in the range of 0.25-0.85 x 10(-4) of initial mean value, which are related with cardiac and respiratory cycles, have been found in healthy persons while in patients they ranged from 0.07 x 10(-4) to 4.5 x 10(-4) of mean time. In healthy persons bilateral jugular vein compression leads to a decrease in TUPT by 1.8-3.0 x 10(-4), while the compression of inferior vena cava gives an increase in TUPT by 1.6-2.6 x 10(-4). Changes in TUPT during these maneuvers in neurological patients were found to be of different amplitude and direction. The rise of CSFP by 8.4-20.2 mmHg (mean 12.4 mmHg) was observed in 4 investigated patients during the compression of jugular veins or during the inferior vena cava compression, while the changes in TUPT obtained during each of such maneuvers were of opposite character. The results suggest that dynamic evaluation of acoustic impedance of intracranial system reflects the changes in the mechanical state of brain parenchyma.     

肺炎性假瘤(附52例报告)

目的：分析肺炎性假瘤的临床病理特点，并探讨其诊断问题，方法：回顾性分析52例肺炎性假瘤的临床病理资料。结果：男女发病比为2．25：1，平均年龄50．6岁，平均病程10．8个月，临床主要表现为咳嗽或咳痰，痰中带血或咯血，胸痛或背痛；影像检查见肿块位于肺周边部，单发，圆形或类圆形，病理检查肿块最大平均直径为3．9cm，见于各肺多于左肺，双上肺多于双下肺，44．2％同侧肺门淋巴结因反应性增生而肿大；经系统抗炎，抗结核治疗，肺肿块影均无改变，手术切除可治愈，结论：肺炎性假瘤有其特点，可与肺癌、肺结核、肺炎相区别；确诊仍需病理活检；CT或超声引导经皮活检值得推广，并应重视电视胸腔腔镜在诊治中的作用。     

Surgical relevance of diagnostic imaging techniques in pretherapeutic staging of carcinoma of the esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum

Summary. The increasing spectrum of therapeutic options for tumors of the gastrointestinal tract has resulted in a refinement of the pretherapeutic diagnostic strategies. The diagnostic approach in surgical institutions that are focused on primary surgical resection will therefore be much less sophisticated than in institutions who propose a selective therapeutic approach based on the pretherapeutic tumor stage and prognostic parameters. Pretherapeutic assessment of the depth of tumor infiltration, i. e. the T-category, is essential because most further diagnostic and therapeutic decisions are based on this information. This can today be achieved with a high degree of accuracy by endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography. Early T-stages (T1–2) are usually an indication for primary surgical resection and, after exclusion of distant metastases, no further diagnostic studies are required. In patients with locally advanced esophageal, gastric or rectum tumors (T3–4) multimodal therapeutic concepts should be considered. This usually requires additional diagnostic studies. None of the available diagnostic imaging modalities today allows satisfactory pretherapeutic assessment of lymph node metastases. The assumed nodular status should therefore currently not influence therapeutic decisions. Essential is, however, the assessment of distant metastases, since the documentation of distant tumor spread will change the therapeutic approach to a palliative situation. Detailed histologic and molecular-biologic assessment of tumor characteristics is growing in importance. This not only provides therapeutically relevant information regarding tumor grading, but opens the door towards a modern molecular diagnostic approach. It can be expected that in the near future a vast amount of relevant prognostic information can be obtained from endoscopic tumor biopsies, which may soon alter our therapeutic concepts.      

120例门静脉病变的彩色多普勒超声诊部的临床价值

目的:探讨门静脉临床病变类型及超声诊断价值,指导临床治疗及预防。方法:通过120例超声诊断门静脉病变分析总结,对门静脉病变进行归纳分类,指导临床治疗及预防。结果:按门脉节段分类门脉病变分为:①门脉属支病变,②门脉主干病变,③门脉分支病变。每一病变又分门脉血流异常,门脉本身病变,门脉外异常影响门脉。并分析部分异常出现的原因及后果,指导预防及治疗。结论:应用彩超可以评价门脉病变性质、部位,部分指导临床治疗。     

肺癌脑转移的CT研究

目的:研究分析肺癌脑转移瘤的CT特征和规律。材料与方法:回顾总结并分析经病理证实的74例肺癌脑转移病例,就其转移灶的CT特征和规律做出评价。结果:肺癌脑转移以顶、额叶为好发部位,转移灶主要表现为结节状均一强化和环状强化中心低密度,可单发或多发。瘤周水肿以腺癌和低分化癌较明显。环状强化中心低密度灶周水肿较结节均一强化灶周水肿明显。结论:CT增强扫描能清楚地显示转移灶的大小、部位、形态、边缘状况和密度变化,是肺癌脑转移的首选检查方法。     

Mortality study of asbestos cement workers

The present study describes cause-specific mortality of asbestos cement workers in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. The cohort included workers in ten factories, most of which started operating between 1955 and 1965. Asbestos, mainly chrysotile, constituted 10%–20% of the dry component of the mixture. Crocidolite range between 5% and 50% of total asbestos. Asbestos concentrations up to 44 ff/cc were reported prior to 1975, while in recent years they have usually been below 0–1 ff/cc. The cohort included 3341 workers who had at some time been employed in the ten factories under study. Their mortality experience was compared with that of the population resident in Emilia Romagna. Vital status was ascertained at 1989. Seventy-three subjects were lost to followup (2.2%). Mortality from all causes and from all types of cancer was increased in the cohort. Malignant neoplasms of the respiratory tract showed a significant increase (SMR: 134; 90% confidence interval: 101–175; 40 observed) due to lung cancer (SMR: 124; 90% confidence interval: 91–166; 33 observed) and neoplasms of the pleura, mediastinum, and other parts of the respiratory tract (SMR: 602; 90% confidence interval 237–1267; 5 observed). The discrepancy between observed and expected mortality mainly concerned subjects with at least 20 years of employment in the factories. Five more cases of histologically confirmed mesothelioma occurred after the end of follow-up.     

52例肺癌患者放疗前肺功能和放疗疗效关系分析

为了探讨放疗前肺功能与放疗疗效的关系，作者于１９８７年１月至１９９０年１２月对５２例无急、慢性呼吸衰竭的肺癌患者在放疗前做了肺功能检测和血气分析，结果表明，放疗前肺功能不能反映肿瘤乏氧程度，也不能作为肿瘤对放疗敏感性的指标，只有直接测量肿瘤原发灶内的乏氧程度才能了解肿瘤对放疗的敏感性，预测放疗的疗效。