Study on evaluating involvment of adjacent major vessels by soft tissue masses deep in the extremities using mDixon-MRA

Soft tissue masses deep in the extremities pose significant challenges due to their potential involvement with adjacent major vessels,impacting treatment decisions and prognostication.While MRI is valuable in diagnosing these masses,specific signs for differential diagnosis are lacking.This study focuses on the utilization of mDixon magnetic resonance angiography(mDixon-MRA)combined with compressed sensing(CS)to assess the involvement of adjacent major blood vessels by soft tissue masses deep in the extremities.The methodology involves preoperative imaging evaluation,including conventional MRI and mdixon-MRA,intraoperative observation,and statistical analysis.The study suggests that combining mDixon-MRA with conventional MRI findings improves diagnostic efficacy.Combining mDixon-MRA with conventional MRI enhances diagnostic accuracy,offering clinicians a reliable method for assessing vascular involvement in soft tissue masses,thereby improving patient outcomes.

IgG4-Related Disease Presenting as a Soft Tissue Tumor Affecting Skeletal Muscle: A Case Report

Background: IgG4-related disease is a systemic lymphoproliferative syndrome that shows IgG4-producing plasma cell expansion in affected organs with fibrotic or sclerotic changes. The lacrimal glands, salivary glands and pancreas are typically affected. We report a case of IgG4-related disease presenting a soft tissue tumor affecting skeletal muscle. Case Report: A 32-year-old man presented a soft tissue mass in his left arm. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a spindle like, peripheral mass, in the lateral head of the triceps of his left arm. Tru-Cut Biopsy provided the diagnosis of IgG4-related disease affecting skeletal muscle. Glucocorticoid treatment was effective. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of IgG4-related disease affecting skeletal muscle and presenting a soft tissue mass.

Sonographic Diagnosis of Bone Tumors

This paper presents the results of sonographic and radiographic exami nations in 48 patients clinically diagnosed as having bone tumors. Sonography revealed bone destruction in all 48 cases, elevated periosteum in 26 cases and soft tissue mass in 34 cases. The results obtained in this series demonstrate that mostbone tumors have their characteristic sonographic features such as giant cell tu-mors, malignant bone tumors, bone cysts, as well as metastatic lesions. Studyshowed that sonography has equally high accuracy in the diagnosis of these tumorscompared with radiography.

Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Osteosarcomas

The ultrasonographic appearances of osteosarcomas and the roles of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and surgical staging of osteosarcomas were investigated. A comparative study was performed on 45 cases of osteosarcomas by ultrasonography and radiography. Bony changes, periosteal reaction and soft tissue mass were evaluated for each lesion. The results showed that ultrasonography revealed a solid mass around bone in 42 patients, bone destruction in 24 patients and periosteal reaction in 16 patients. Plain radiographs showed bony changes in 44 patients and no bony change in remaining one patient, shadowing of soft tissue swelling in 30 patients, and pulmonary metastases in 3 patients. Surgical biopsy and pathological examination confirmed osteosarcoma in all 45 patients. Soft tissue mass was confirmed in 42 patients surgically. The diagnostic accuracy of soft tissue masses by ultrasonography and radiography was 100 % （42/42） and 71.4 % （30/42）, respectively. The positive rate of ultrasonography and radiography in displaying bony changes was 53.3 % （24/45） and 97,8 % （44/45）, respectively. In conclusion, in the detection of soft tissue mass of osteosarcoma, ultrasonography is superior to radiography, and in displaying bony changes of osteosarcomas, radiography is superior to ultrasonography. So it may come to a conclusion that plain radiography combined with ultrasonography can completely display the bony and soft tissue lesion of osteosarcomas.

Effect of oxidative stress-associated damage to the lung tissue caused by different body mass index in the rat models

Objective To investigate the influence of different diets on serum protein expression levels of 4-hydroxynonenal(4-HNE),thioredoxin(Trx),thioredoxin reductase(TrxR)and the sctivities of Trx and TrxR,and to explore the effect of damage to the lung tissue and the underlying mechanisms of different body mass index caused by different diets in the rat models.Methods

Relationship between Tissue Distributions of Modified Wuzi Yanzong Prescription(加味五子衍宗方) in Rats and Meridian Tropism Theory

Objective： To investigate the relationship between tissue distributions of modified Wuzi Yanzong prescription（加味五子衍宗方, MWP） in rats and meridian tropism theory. Methods： A high-performance liquid chromatography with Fourier transform-mass spectrometry（HPLC-FT） method was used to identify the metabolites of MWP in different tissues of rats after continued oral administration of MWP for 7 days. The relationship between MWP and meridian tropism theory was studied according to the tissue distributions of the metabolites of MWP in rats and the relevant literature. Results： Nineteen metabolites, mainly flavanoid compounds, were detected in the different rat tissues and classified to each herb in MWP. Further, it was able to establish that the tissue distributions of the metabolites of MWP were consistent with the descriptions of meridian tropism of MWP available in literature, this result might be useful in clarifying the mechanism of MWP on meridian tropism. In the long run, these data might provide scientific evidence of the meridian tropism theory to further promote the reasonable, effective utilization, and modernization of Chinese medicine. Conclusion： The tissue distributions of MWP in vivo were consistent with the descriptions of meridian tropism of MWP.