Midterm Outcomes of Angioplasty for Pediatric Renovascular Hypertension

PurposeTo evaluate the midterm outcomes of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) for pediatric renovascular hypertension (RVH).Materials and MethodsThe clinical data of patients who underwent PTRA for RVH in the authors’ hospital from 2012 to 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Postprocedural blood pressure, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of the affected kidney, restenosis, and complications were closely monitored.ResultsPTRA was performed in a total of 30 children (20 boys and 10 girls), with a mean age of 7.3 years ± 0.7 (range, 40 days to 13.9 years) and a mean weight of 25.0 kg ± 2.3 (range, 3.4–53 kg). The median follow-up period was 26.5 months (range, 1 month to 7.5 years). Technical success was achieved in 26 (86.7%) of the 30 patients. Restenosis developed in 3 patients (10.0%). Only 1 patient underwent stent implantation, and the stent fractured 8 months later, requiring further intervention. There were no other complications. In terms of clinical benefit of blood pressure control after the initial PTRA procedure, 15 patients (50%) were cured and 7 patients (23.3%) showed improvement. There was no significant difference in the etiology, lesion location, and lesion length between patients with clinical benefit and failure (P = .06, P = .202, and P = .06, respectively). GFR of the affected kidney was significantly improved from 19.9 mL/min ± 11.2 to 38.1 mL/min ± 11.9 at the 6-month follow-up after PTRA (P < .001).ConclusionsThe overall results of PTRA for pediatric RVH caused by different etiologies are promising. PTRA not only provided a clinical benefit of blood pressure control in 73.3% of the patients but also significantly improved the function of the affected kidney.     

Temporal arteritis presenting with scalp ulceration

We report the case of a 75-year-old-woman who presented with bilateral scalp ulcerations and blindness, accompanied by severe headache and scalp tenderness, due to bilateral temporal arteritis without systemic involvement. A biopsy taken from the border of an ulceration showed evidence of giant cell arteritis. She was treated with oral prednisone, 60 mg per day. The ulcerations healed in a few weeks but the vision loss was irreversible. This case highlights for temporal arteritis the importance of accurate and timely diagnosis as well as the need for prompt therapy with systemic steroids in order to avoid major complications, namely loss of vision. It also demonstrates that scalp necrosis and ulcerations are skin signs associated with a poor prognosis.     

血清结核抗体检测对儿童结核的诊断价值

为探讨用ELISA法(酶联免疫吸附试验)检测血清抗PPD(结核菌素纯蛋白衍生物)IgG抗体对儿童结核的诊断意义,对42例儿童结核、30例儿童肺炎及16例健康对照者进行了检测,阳性率分别为92.85％、6.66％、6.25％。结核病例经六个月正规化疗后,阳性率明显降低,说明此项检测可做为一项诊断儿童结核及评价疗效的指标。     

Intravenous labetalol for the control of hypertension following repair of coarctation of the aorta

Paradoxical hypertension is a relatively common complication of surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta. An early phase of systolic hypertension has been ascribed to elevated levels of norepinephrine. Activation of the renin-angiotensin system from sympathetic stimulation has been implicated in a later phase of systolic and diastolic hypertension that can result in mesenteric arteritis. The use of a rapidly acting, titratable intravenous alpha- and beta-adrenergic blocker, such as labetalol hydrochloride, addresses both of these neurohormonal mechanisms. In the intravenous form, it would appear to be an excellent choice for the management of early postoperative hypertension and it can be converted to the oral form in cases of persistent hypertension. We report for the first time the use of labetalol in two young patients for the control of paradoxical hypertension following coarctation repair.     

关节镜下滑膜切除术治疗膝滑膜结核的临床分析

目的：探讨关节镜下滑膜切除术治疗膝滑膜结核的疗效。方法：对我院1990年1月至2003年7月的23例膝关节滑膜结核的患者在关节镜下行滑膜切除术并取组织送病理检查。结果：术后经随访16—36个月，患者功能恢复良好，症状消失，优良率达到96．3％。结论：关节镜下滑膜切除术治疗膝关节滑膜结核是一种安全有效的治疗方法。     

Neurological complications in AIDS patients: the 1-year retrospective study in Chiang Mai University, Thailand

The first case of AIDS patient in the northern part of Thailand was reported in 1987 (Vithayasai et al., 1996), marking the outbreak of an epidemic. In our experience, the neurological involvement in AIDS patients seems to have changed in pattern and incidence during the last 8 years. We have conducted a retrospective study to review the incidence of AIDS-defining diseases in the patients admitted to Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand during the period September 2001 to August 2002. There were 155 AIDS patients admitted during this specified period, 118 of which were male and 37 female, aged between 16 and 60. The incidence of neurological complications was 50.3 per 100 person-years, in which central nervous system involvement account for 46.5 per 100 person-years and peripheral nervous system involvement account for 3.8 per 100 person-years. The incidence of cryptococcal meningitis appeared to be decreasing since 1994 whereas the incidence of cerebral toxoplasmosis appeared to be increasing. The incidence of cryptococcal meningitis, cerebral toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was 18.0, 14.8 and 7.0 per 100 person-years, respectively. Other common non-neurological AIDS-defining illnesses in northern Thailand include pulmonary tuberculosis (15.4 per 100 person-years), extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (9.6 per 100 person-years), and disseminated penicilliosis (12.2 per 100 person-years). In this way and summarizing, in northern Thailand, the three most common neurological involvements before the era of highly active anti-retroviral therapy are cryptococcal meningitis, cerebral toxoplasmosis and CMV infection. The incidence of cryptococcal meningitis appeared to be decreasing whereas the incidence of cerebral toxoplasmosis seemed to be increasing.     

胸膜活检阳性率的主要相关因素

分析了92例胸膜活检资料,认为其阳性率与下述因素有关:疾病种类、病例选择、活检器械、取材方法及技术、重复检查、临床医师与病理医师的配合。