BACKGROUND Intravenous leiomyomatosis(IVL) is a rare and complicated disease, which requires surgery by a multidisciplinary team. However, the optimal surgical approach has not been determined.CASE SUMMARY Here we rep...BACKGROUND Intravenous leiomyomatosis(IVL) is a rare and complicated disease, which requires surgery by a multidisciplinary team. However, the optimal surgical approach has not been determined.CASE SUMMARY Here we report three cases of IVL treated with different surgical approaches. All patients presented with circulation symptoms. Two patients had lower extremity edema and the other had cardiopalmus. The diagnosis of IVL was confirmed based on the imagining examinations and pathological findings. All patients underwent surgical treatment and were discharged without any complications.CONCLUSION Preoperative examination is crucial for surgical planning and surgical approach is dependent on the patient's condition and tumor involvement.展开更多
Background: DNA banking is increasingly applied to collect genetic materials for biomedical studies. Traditionally, the source of DNA banking is from the anti-coagulated blood samples as it is easy to isolate cells fr...Background: DNA banking is increasingly applied to collect genetic materials for biomedical studies. Traditionally, the source of DNA banking is from the anti-coagulated blood samples as it is easy to isolate cells from the samples for DNA extraction. However, substantial portion of clinical blood samples is coagulated. Because of the difficulty to release blood cells from the clots for DNA extraction, coagulated blood samples are not used for DNA banking. Methods: In this study, we developed a simple procedure for high-throughput DNA extraction from coagulated blood samples for DNA banking. Results: We showed that the extracted DNA is the same as the one extracted from anti-coagulated blood samples as reflected by the size distribution and genetic variants across all coding genes. Conclusions: We developed a simply procedure for high-throughput DNA extraction from coagulated blood cells. Validation results show that the DNA from coagulated blood cells is the same as the DNA from the anti-coagulated blood cells.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Intravenous leiomyomatosis(IVL) is a rare and complicated disease, which requires surgery by a multidisciplinary team. However, the optimal surgical approach has not been determined.CASE SUMMARY Here we report three cases of IVL treated with different surgical approaches. All patients presented with circulation symptoms. Two patients had lower extremity edema and the other had cardiopalmus. The diagnosis of IVL was confirmed based on the imagining examinations and pathological findings. All patients underwent surgical treatment and were discharged without any complications.CONCLUSION Preoperative examination is crucial for surgical planning and surgical approach is dependent on the patient's condition and tumor involvement.
文摘Background: DNA banking is increasingly applied to collect genetic materials for biomedical studies. Traditionally, the source of DNA banking is from the anti-coagulated blood samples as it is easy to isolate cells from the samples for DNA extraction. However, substantial portion of clinical blood samples is coagulated. Because of the difficulty to release blood cells from the clots for DNA extraction, coagulated blood samples are not used for DNA banking. Methods: In this study, we developed a simple procedure for high-throughput DNA extraction from coagulated blood samples for DNA banking. Results: We showed that the extracted DNA is the same as the one extracted from anti-coagulated blood samples as reflected by the size distribution and genetic variants across all coding genes. Conclusions: We developed a simply procedure for high-throughput DNA extraction from coagulated blood cells. Validation results show that the DNA from coagulated blood cells is the same as the DNA from the anti-coagulated blood cells.
