卡介苗体外对急性淋巴细胞性白血病患儿细胞毒性T淋巴细胞杀伤HL-60细胞效应的影响

目的：探讨卡介苗（BCG）体外对急性淋巴细胞性白血病(ALL)患儿外周血细胞毒性T淋巴细胞（CTL）杀伤HL-60细胞效应的影响。方法：应用Ficoll-Hypaque法分离ALL患儿（白血病组）和健康儿童（对照组）的外周血单个核细胞,在白介素-2（IL-2）、植物血凝素（PHA）和BCG作用下诱导成CTL细胞;应用流式细胞仪测定CD3、CD3+CD4+、CD3+CD8+比例变化;应用MTT法检测CTL对HL-60细胞的杀伤力。结果：培养前2 d,对照组和白血病组CTL细胞数量及体积均无明显变化,第3天开始两组细胞均开始增殖,体积变大,6～10 d达高峰;培养至第10天时,加入BCG的白血病组和对照组细胞数量分别较无BCG的白血病组和对照组增多;白血病组CD3+CD8+比例明显高于对照组,经BCG作用后两组CD3+CD8+比例均明显升高;白血病组CTL对HL-60细胞的杀伤力明显低于对照组。结论：BCG可协同IL-2、PHA体外促进CTL细胞增殖并提高其对HL-60细胞的杀伤力。     

Cavernous haemangioma of the right atrium

Cardiac haemangiomas are rare benign primitive tumors. We are reporting the case of a 67-year-old woman presenting with a haemangioma of the right atrium. This tumor was discovered by echocardiography because of cerebral strokes. The magnetic resonance imaging determined the characteristics of the tumor. It was completely resected through a right atrial approach. This was a round mobile mass, pediculed and implanted at the inferior area of the interatrial septum. The histopathological analysis revealed a cavernous haemangioma.     

Pseudo-tumoral neuro-Behçet's disease

INTRODUCTION: Clinical involvement of the central nervous system occurs in about 10 to 30 percent of patients with Beh?et's disease. Neurological pseudo tumoral presentation is rare. CASE REPORT: We report a case of pseudo tumoral neuro-Beh?et disease in a 38-year-old man, with past history of facial and dorsal folliculitis, who presented suddenly headache, right hemiplegia, aphasia and disturbed consciousness. Neuroradiological investigations showed a pseudo tumoral lesion in the left capsulo-thalamic region extending to the homolateral peduncle. The patient improved with steroid and immunosuppresseur therapy. CONCLUSION: The clinical and radiological presentation of neuro-Beh?et's disease can mimic a brain tumor.     

Concentration plasmatique élevée de la vitamine B12 : un indicateur des maladies hépatiques ou tumorales

Purpose

To identify the diseases that are associated with a high plasma concentration of vitamin B12 and to measure the strength of this association.

Patients and methods

Retrospective study including all admissions between 1st May, 2005 and 30th April, 2008 in the UMAG pole departments (emergency, internal medicine, acute geriatrics and medical intensive care) with a test for plasma vitamin B12. The association between each of medical information system codes (solid tumors, malignant hematologic process, and renal disease) and a high or low vitamin B12 concentration was measured by odds ratios (OR) from logistic models taking into account repeated admissions, with adjustment for age and the weighted Charlson index.

Results

Among 3702 admissions, 12% had a B12 more than 820pg/ml, 10.4% a B12 less than 180 pg/ml and 77.6% a normal B12 concentration. After adjustment for age and the weighted Charlson index, high concentration of vitamin B12 was associated with interstitial renal diseases (OR 2.7; 95% CI: [1.7–4.2]), and cirrhosis or hepatitis (OR 4.3; [2.9–6.4]). After additional adjustment for these parameters, it was still associated with tumors (OR 1.8; [1.2–2.6]), malignant hematologic diseases (OR 2.1; [1.3–3.5]), metastasis (OR 2.9; [1.5–5.9]), liver metastasis (OR 6.2; [2.7–14.5]), liver carcinoma (LC) (OR 3.3; [1.1–10.4]), liver tumors other than LC (OR 4.7; [1.2–17.9]) and lymphoma (OR 3.2; [1.6–6.4]) but not with myeloma (OR 1.9; [0.6–1.4]). Low concentration of B12 was associated with myeloma (OR 2.9; [1.3–6.6]).

Conclusion

Finding a high plasma concentration of vitamin B12 should lead to a systematic search for a hepatic disease or a tumor, and particularly for a hepatic localization of a tumor.     

肺癌患者血清促血管生成素2水平及其临床意义

目的 分析不同病理分型、不同临床分期的肺癌患者中促血管生成素-2(Ang-2)的表达水平,进一步探讨该病的发病机理,为临床诊断提供依据.方法 对112例肺癌患者,16例健康体检者进行血清Ang-2检测,同时进行血清中其他相关肿瘤标志物检测.比较不同病理分型、临床分期及远处转移患者血清Ang-2的不同.结果 非小细胞肺癌患者血清Ang-2水平高于正常对照组(与鳞癌比较Sig 值为0.049,P＜0.05;与腺癌比较Sig值为0.011,P＜0.05);非小细胞肺癌Ⅲ、Ⅳ期患者血清Ang-2水平高于对照(与Ⅲ期比较Sig值为0.013,P＜0.05;与Ⅳ期比较Sig值为0.000,P＜0.001);远处转移患者血清Ang-2水平非常显著高于非远处转移者(Sig值为0.008,P＜0.01);结论 分析血清Ang-2水平对肺癌患者的临床诊断、预测转移和预后判断均有临床价值,应用Ang-2与其他肿瘤标志物联合检测可提高患者诊断阳性率.     

栀子、首乌对小鼠卡介苗炎症诱导抑郁模型的抗抑郁作用的实验研究

目的腹腔注射卡介苗（BCG）,建立炎症相关抑郁模型,明确栀子、首乌对炎症诱导抑郁模型的抗抑郁作用和机制。方法小鼠腹腔注射卡介苗200 mg.kg-1,吗氯贝胺组和栀子首乌组同时分别给予吗氯贝胺75 mg.kg-1和栀子首乌500 mg.kg-1水溶液灌胃,观察药物对动物体重、自主活动和强迫游泳实验中不动时间的影响。同时,使用ELISA法检测脑组织吲哚胺-23,-过氧化酶（IDO）和N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸受体（NMDAR1）含量。结果与模型组比较,栀子首乌药不能对抗BCG引起的小鼠体重下降（P〉0.05）,对小鼠的自主活动没有明显影响（P〉0.05）,但能明显缩短BCG模型小鼠强迫游泳不动时间（P〈0.05）,同时降低了脑组织中IDO和NMDAR1含量（P〈0.05或P〈0.01）。结论 BCG腹腔注射能引起动物抑郁样行为,栀子、首乌选择性增加小鼠不动时间,显示出一定的抗抑郁作用,其作用机制与抑制IDO活性减少五羟色胺（5-HT）代谢,下调NMDAR1减轻神经元毒性损伤有关。     

New techniques of tumor ablation (microwaves, electroporation)

Radiofrequency ablation is an image-guided technique of percutaneous tumor destruction using high frequency alternating current. Accuracy in needle placement and the selection of the imaging modality are key elements of the success of the procedure. The volume of ablation with a single needle insertion is limited to about 40 mm and the technique is most successful for tumors less than 3 cm in diameter with rapid decrease in efficacy for larger tumors. Tumors further away from large vessels are also more efficiently treated with this technique since heat loss from flowing blood in nearby vessels larger than 3 mm causes a four-fold increase in treatment failure. Under the best of circumstances (tumor less than 25 mm, away from vessels), RF ablation and surgical tumorectomy have respective failure rates of 6% and 7,3%. RF ablation of an isolated liver metastasis less than 4 cm in diameter results in survival rates at 1, 3 and 5 years of 97%, 84% and 40% respectively. In the liver, follow-up imaging is performed to detect residual tumor characterized by early enhancement. Thin peripheral enhancement (less than 1 mm) of the necrotic area and well-defined triangular shaped regions of enhancement are not signs of tumor recurrence but indicate the presence of inflammation or arterial to portal venous fistula. In the lung, an area of ground glass attenuation four times larger than the initial tumor is a predictive factor of success. PET-CT is the best imaging modality for follow-up of lung lesions following RF ablation.