A Simple Dressing Technique Following Dermofasciectomy and Full Thickness Skin Grafting of the Fingers in the Treatment of Severe Dupuytren’s Contracture

Dupuytren’s disease with severe finger contractures and recurrent contractures following previous surgery often have extensive skin involvement. In these severe cases, excision of the diseased chord along with the involved skin is a good option to reduce the risk of recurrance. The resulting skin defect can be covered with a full thickness skin graft (FTSG) or a cross finger flap. Cross finger flaps have donor finger morbidity and hence a full thickness graft is usually preferred. The FTSG extending to the midlateral margins on both sides of the finger reduces the risk of joint contracture due to graft shrinkage. Once the FTSG is sutured in place, the standard practice is to compress and secure the graft to its recipient bed with a tie-over dressing and this can be time consuming. We present a simple dressing technique to secure the FTSG without the need for a tie-over dressing.     

Relapse of colon cancer followed by polymyositis: Report of a case and review of the literature

The direct causal relationship between dermatomyositis-polymyositis (PM) and malignancy remains controversial. We describe herein the case of a patient who underwent surgical treatment for colon cancer, which had preceded the onset of PM with tumor relapse. The PM markedly improved following the initiation of steroid therapy, and has remained under control, probably as a result of chemotherapy. The current concepts of variable clinical courses and the possible mechanism for the association of PM with malignancy are discussed following this case report.     

多发性肌炎与皮肌炎(附25例报告)

多发性肌炎与皮肌炎25例,其中多发性肌炎21例,皮肌炎2例,多发性肌炎或皮肌炎伴发恶性肿瘤2例。从临床表现、生化检查、肌电图及肌肉活检等方面进行分析,提出多发性肌炎与皮肌炎的诊断条件。本组均采用皮质类固醇治疗,5例合并免疫抑制剂治疗,其中临床治愈4例,显著好转10例,好转5例,无效2例,死亡4例。     

气象因素与霍乱发病关系的生态学研究

目的探讨气象因素与霍乱发病的关系.方法将绍兴地区1991～2001年霍乱各年6～11月份月平均发病率数据进行正态化处理后,再利用方差分析、回归分析对可能影响霍乱发病的气温、气压、相对湿度、日照时数、降水量等5项研究变量进行单因素相关分析和多元逐步回归分析.结果霍乱的发病与气温呈显著性正相关,与气压呈显著性负相关.结论霍乱发病与高气温、低气压有关.     

Acute Polymyositis Following Renal Transplantation

Myositis is a rare complication following renal transplantation and is most commonly the result of drug-mediated myotoxicity. Other causative disorders include viral infection, electrolyte imbalance and myositis of autoimmune origin. We describe a 60-year-old patient who developed acute polymyositis 4 weeks after a 000 human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatch cadaveric renal transplant. Following an uncomplicated transplant course with maintenance triple immunosuppression (prednisolone, mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine), the patient presented with severe symmetrical proximal muscle weakness associated with a rise in serum creatine kinase to 46800 U/L. Electromyography confirmed myopathic changes and muscle biopsy demonstrated extensive muscle-fiber necrosis with an inflammatory infiltrate. There were no obviously culpable drugs and viral studies were negative. Prompt initiation of high-dose steroid therapy led to clinical and biochemical recovery. Acute polymyositis may occur following renal transplantation. Potential mechanisms include viral antigen transmission or a localized form of graft vs. host disease.     

Acute polymyositis associated with W. bancrofti

Two cases of acute polymyosotis associated with W. bancrofti , presented with generalised painful swelling and weakness of the muscles. These patients had elevated muscle enzymes, a myopathic EMG pattern, inflammatory myopathy on biopsy and W. bancrofti in the peripheral blood smear. The clinical, improvement of the disorder and total clearance of microfilariae was obtained with the combination therapy of steroid and diethyl-carbamazine in comparison with steroid alone.     

小切口手术治疗肾囊肿14例体会

目的分析讨论应用小切口手术治疗单纯性肾囊肿的临床特点及体会。方法总结自1996年1月至2004年10月14例应用小切口手术行囊肿去顶术的临床资料。结果小切口手术组14例,囊肿单发均位于肾中下极及中部背侧,手术时间30~90m in,术后未发生并发症,住院日5~8d。随访半年~1年均无复发。结论小切口手术治疗单纯肾囊肿具有手术操作简便、创伤小、恢复快、降低住院日等优点,适用于肾中下极及肾中部背侧的单纯肾囊肿。     

柯萨奇病毒诱发实验性多发性肌炎的初步研究

分别用不同量的柯萨奇病毒Ｂ１、２、３感染和兔肌匀浆加完全弗氏佐剂免疫正常豚鼠；拟建立多发性肌炎模型。结果发现：０．１ｍｌ毒力为１０－５ＴＣＩＤ５０柯萨奇病毒Ｂ１感染豚鼠组，３周后出现多发性肌炎症状。肌酶谱异常与其它组有明显差异，病理检查证实为多发性肌炎改变。单纯兔肌匀浆免疫对照组未发病。提示柯萨奇病毒Ｂ１感染及感染的病毒量与多发性肌炎的发病相关     

特发性肌炎免疫机制研究及临床意义

目的探讨多发性肌炎（PM）和皮肌炎（DM）患者骨胳肌组织损伤的免疫机制及临床意义。方法应用免疫荧光一步法和免疫组化SP法分析25例PM／DM肌组织中免疫球蛋白IgG、IgM、补体C3和浸润肌组织单核细胞的分布与定位。结果PM和DM肌组织中IgG、IgM、C3的阳性率分别为60％、33．3％、20％和70％、40％、50％，以IgG为主（P＜0．05），分布于肌组织血管壁、肌膜和肌浆中，补体C3在DM血管壁的分布有统计学意义（P＜0．05）；80％PM和7O％DM肌组织有单核细胞浸润，PM以T淋巴细胞为主，Ia＋活化TS细胞占多数，主要分布于肌内衣，DM以B淋巴细胞为主，多分布在肌柬衣血管周围。结论免疫反应在PM和DM发病机理中占重要地位，PM以T细胞介导的细胞毒作用为主，DM以体液免疫特别是补体介导的血管损害为主。     

DNA fingerprinting of Ascochyta rabiei with synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides

Summary The ascomycete fungus Ascochyta rabiei, an important pathogen of the grain legume crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in the Mediterranean region, has not been adequately characterized in molecular terms. We therefore used DNA fingerprinting, with synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides complementary to simple repetitive sequences, to pathotype different isolates of the fungus. Six single-spored A. rabiei isolates were first categorized using a host differential set of nine chickpea genotypes. Seedlings were inoculated under controlled environmental conditions, and disease severity was recorded 9 days after inoculation. DNA was extracted from in vitro-grown mycelia of the six purified fungal isolates, restricted with EcoRI, HinfI, MboII and TaqI, and fingerprinted with radiolabeled (GATA)₄, (GTG)₅, (CA)₈, and (TCC)₅, respectively. High levels of polymorphism were detected with optimal enzyme/probe combinations that allow one to discriminate between the isolates. The potential of DNA fingerprinting with simple repetitive sequences can thus be expanded to the identification of fungal races and pathotypes. The characterization of the geographic distribution and genetic variability of pathotypes will facilitate the selection of suitable host cultivars to be grown in specific regions.