In this paper, 18F-FDG PET/CT data of 19 malignant SINs (small intestinal neoplasms) were consecutively reviewed. Nnine patients accepted PET/CT scan for preoperative diagnosis and staging, while ten patients presente...In this paper, 18F-FDG PET/CT data of 19 malignant SINs (small intestinal neoplasms) were consecutively reviewed. Nnine patients accepted PET/CT scan for preoperative diagnosis and staging, while ten patients presented follow-up after treatment and restaging. The results were correlated with abdomen enhanced CT and surgical pathological findings. Abdominal pain and weight loss were the most common findings. About 16% SINs located in the duodenum, 52% in the jejunum and 32% in the ileum. Lymphoma was the most frequent neoplasms. PET/CT revealed residual or recurrent malignant SINs in 5 patients who had negative or non-definite findings by abdomen CT and demonstrated extra-abdomen metastasis in 3 patients. Clinical decisions of treatment were changed for 6 patients after PET/CT examinations. The 18F-FDG PET/CT were better than CT in accuracy, negative predictive value and positive predictive value (89.5% vs 68.4%, 100% vs 66.7%, and 81.8% vs 69.2%, respectively). Whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT may be an effective molecular imaging method for staging and restaging of malignant SINs.展开更多
AIM To evaluate the T stage of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) using preoperative low-dose esophageal insufflation computed tomography(EICT).METHODS One hundred and twenty ESCC patients confirmed by surgery o...AIM To evaluate the T stage of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) using preoperative low-dose esophageal insufflation computed tomography(EICT).METHODS One hundred and twenty ESCC patients confirmed by surgery or esophagoscopy were divided into three groups. Groups B and C were injected with 300 mgI/kg contrast medium for automatic spectral imaging assist(GSI assist), while group A underwent a conventional 120 kVp computed tomography(CT) scan with a 450 mg I/kg contrast medium injection. EICT was performed in group C. Group A was reconstructed with filtered back projection, and groups B and C were reconstructed with 50% adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction. The contrast-to-noise ratio of lesion-to-mediastinal adipose tissue and the radiation dose were measured. Specific imaging features were observed, and T stage ESCCs were evaluated.RESULTS The sensitivity and accuracy of the T1/2 stage were higher in group C than in groups A and B(sensitivity: 43.75% vs 31.82% and 33.33%; accuracy: 54.29% vs 46.67% and 52.50%, respectively). With regard to the T3 stage, the sensitivity and specificity in group C were higher than those in groups A and B(sensitivity: 56.25% vs 41.17% and 44.44%; specificity: 73.68% vs 67.86% and 63.64%, respectively). The diagnostic sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the T4 stage were similar among all groups. There were no significant differences in volume CT dose index [(5.91 ± 2.57) mGy vs(3.24 ± 1.20) vs(3.65 ± 1.77) mGy], doselength product [(167.10 ± 99.08) mGy·cm vs(113.24 ± 54.46) mGy·cm vs(117.98 ± 32.32) mGy·cm] and effective dose [(2.52 ± 1.39) vs(1.63 ± 0.76) vs(1.73 ± 0.44) mSv] among the groups(P > 0.05). However, groups B and C received similar effective doses but lower iodine loads than group A [(300 vs 450) mgI/kg].CONCLUSION EICT combined with GSI assist allows differential diagnosis between the T1/2 and T3 stages. The ability to differentially diagnose the T3 and T4 stages of medullary ESCC can be improved by quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing the adipose tissue in front of the vertebral body.展开更多
The role of surgery in stage ⅢA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) remains controversial.Most important prognostic factors are mediastinal downstaging and complete surgical resection.Different restaging techniques ...The role of surgery in stage ⅢA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) remains controversial.Most important prognostic factors are mediastinal downstaging and complete surgical resection.Different restaging techniques exist to evaluate response after induction therapy and these are subdivided into non-invasive,invasive and alternative or minimally invasive techniques.In contrast to imaging or functional studies,remediastinoscopy provides pathological evidence of response after induction therapy.Although techn...展开更多
This study investigated the accuracy of MRI features in differentiating the pathological grades of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms(PNENs). A total of 31 PNENs patients were retrospectively evaluated, including 1...This study investigated the accuracy of MRI features in differentiating the pathological grades of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms(PNENs). A total of 31 PNENs patients were retrospectively evaluated, including 19 cases in grade 1, 5 in grade 2, and 7 in grade 3. Plain and contrastenhanced MRI was performed on all patients. MRI features including tumor size, margin, signal intensity, enhancement patterns, degenerative changes, duct dilatation and metastasis were analyzed. Chi square tests, Fisher's exact tests, one-way ANOVA and ROC analysis were conducted to assess the associations between MRI features and different tumor grades. It was found that patients with older age, tumors with higher TNM stage and without hormonal syndrome had higher grade of PNETs(all P〈0.05). Tumor size, shape, margin and growth pattern, tumor pattern, pancreatic and bile duct dilatation and presence of lymphatic and distant metastasis as well as MR enhancement pattern and tumor-topancreas contrast during arterial phase were the key features differentiating tumors of all grades(all P〈0.05). ROC analysis revealed that the tumor size with threshold of 2.8 cm, irregular shape, pancreatic duct dilatation and lymphadenopathy showed satisfactory sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing grade 3 from grade 1 and grade 2 tumors. Features of peripancreatic tissue or vascular invasion, and distant metastasis showed high specificity but relatively low sensitivity. In conclusion, larger size, poorlydefined margin, heterogeneous enhanced pattern during arterial phase, duct dilatation and the presence of metastases are common features of higher grade PNENs. Plain and contrast-enhanced MRI provides the ability to differentiate tumors with different pathological grades.展开更多
BACKGROUND Neuroblastoma(NB) is the most common type of extracranial solid tumour in children. The overall prognosis of NB is poor, but at the same time, NB shows significant clinical diversity. NB can demonstrate spo...BACKGROUND Neuroblastoma(NB) is the most common type of extracranial solid tumour in children. The overall prognosis of NB is poor, but at the same time, NB shows significant clinical diversity. NB can demonstrate spontaneous regression or can differentiate into benign ganglioneuroma.CASE SUMMARY This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of a patient with spontaneous regression of stage Ⅲ NB who was admitted in May 2015. Studies of the spontaneous regression of NB published from October 1946 to September 2019 were retrieved through Pub Med. The clinical manifestations, diagnosis,treatment, and follow-up results were analysed.CONCLUSION Spontaneous regression of stage Ⅲ NB is rare in the clinic. The report of this case is an important supplement to the study of the spontaneous regression of NB.展开更多
Based on the long-term clinical practice and scientific researches on the three methods for the stage-treatment of Parkinson's disease put forward by the author in the early years, this essay further discusses the di...Based on the long-term clinical practice and scientific researches on the three methods for the stage-treatment of Parkinson's disease put forward by the author in the early years, this essay further discusses the division of the three stages of Parkinson's disease. Early stage: Appearance of the early symptoms and signs of Parkinson's disease, but short in duration and mild in severity, which do not affect the social communications, daily life and work of the patient; and their modified Hoehn & Yahr grading is 1,0-1.5. Mid stage: With the symptoms and signs of Parkinson's disease getting worse and affecting the social communications, daily life and work of the patient, those who have their modified Hoehn & Yahr grading 2-3 need medical treatment. Late stage: The patients have severe clinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and Levodopa preparation is insufficient for them to maintain their daily life; and their modified Hoehn & Yahr grading is 4-5. The three treating methods are: TCM medical treatment adopted at the early stage; the combined treatment of Chinese and western medicine at the mid stage; and comprehensive treatment with multi-theraoies at the late stage.展开更多
Objective:Prognosis of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC)but achieving yp T1–2N0 stage after neoadjuvant concurrent chemo-radiotherapy(CRT)has been shown to be favorable.This study aims to determ...Objective:Prognosis of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC)but achieving yp T1–2N0 stage after neoadjuvant concurrent chemo-radiotherapy(CRT)has been shown to be favorable.This study aims to determine whether the long-term outcome of yp T1–2N0 cases can be comparable to that of p T1–2N0 cohort that received definitive surgery for early disease.Method:From January 2008 to December 2013,449 consecutive patients with rectal cancer were treated and their outcome maintained in a database.Patients with LARC underwent total mesorectal excision(TME)surgery at4–8 weeks after completion of CRT,and those achieving stage yp I were identified as a group.As a comparison,stage p I group pertains to patients whose initially limited disease was not upstaged after TME surgery alone.After propensity score matching(PSM),comparisons of local regional control(LC),distant metastasis-free survival(DMFS),disease-free survival(DFS)and overall survival(OS)were performed using Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank test between yp I and p I groups.Down-staging depth score(DDS),a novel method of evaluating CRT response,was used for subset analysis.Results:Of the 449 patients,168 matched cases were generated for analysis.Five-year LC,DMFS,DFS and OS for stage p I vs.yp I groups were 96.7%vs.96.4%(P=0.796),92.7%vs.73.6%(P=0.025),91.2%vs.73.6%(P=0.080)and 93.1%vs.72.3%(P=0.040),respectively.In the DDS-favorable subset of the yp I group,LC,DMFS,DFS and OS resulted in no significant differences in comparison with the p I group(P=0.384,0.368,0.277 and0.458,respectively).Conclusions:LC was comparable in both groups;however,distant metastasis developed more frequently in down-staged LARC than de novo early stage cases,reflecting the need to improve the efficacy of systemic treatment despite excellent pathologic response.DDS can be an indicator to identify a subset of the yp I group whose longterm oncologic outcomes are as good as those of stage p I cohort.展开更多
基金Supported by the Bureau of Public Health of Xiamen City Funds for Young Creative Research (Grant No. WQK0704)the Health Department of Fujian Province Funds for Young Scholars (Grant No. 2008-1-49)
文摘In this paper, 18F-FDG PET/CT data of 19 malignant SINs (small intestinal neoplasms) were consecutively reviewed. Nnine patients accepted PET/CT scan for preoperative diagnosis and staging, while ten patients presented follow-up after treatment and restaging. The results were correlated with abdomen enhanced CT and surgical pathological findings. Abdominal pain and weight loss were the most common findings. About 16% SINs located in the duodenum, 52% in the jejunum and 32% in the ileum. Lymphoma was the most frequent neoplasms. PET/CT revealed residual or recurrent malignant SINs in 5 patients who had negative or non-definite findings by abdomen CT and demonstrated extra-abdomen metastasis in 3 patients. Clinical decisions of treatment were changed for 6 patients after PET/CT examinations. The 18F-FDG PET/CT were better than CT in accuracy, negative predictive value and positive predictive value (89.5% vs 68.4%, 100% vs 66.7%, and 81.8% vs 69.2%, respectively). Whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT may be an effective molecular imaging method for staging and restaging of malignant SINs.
基金Supported by Scientific and Technological Support Plan Projects of China,No.2007BAI05B05Medical Science and Technology Project of Henan Province,No.201602012
文摘AIM To evaluate the T stage of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) using preoperative low-dose esophageal insufflation computed tomography(EICT).METHODS One hundred and twenty ESCC patients confirmed by surgery or esophagoscopy were divided into three groups. Groups B and C were injected with 300 mgI/kg contrast medium for automatic spectral imaging assist(GSI assist), while group A underwent a conventional 120 kVp computed tomography(CT) scan with a 450 mg I/kg contrast medium injection. EICT was performed in group C. Group A was reconstructed with filtered back projection, and groups B and C were reconstructed with 50% adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction. The contrast-to-noise ratio of lesion-to-mediastinal adipose tissue and the radiation dose were measured. Specific imaging features were observed, and T stage ESCCs were evaluated.RESULTS The sensitivity and accuracy of the T1/2 stage were higher in group C than in groups A and B(sensitivity: 43.75% vs 31.82% and 33.33%; accuracy: 54.29% vs 46.67% and 52.50%, respectively). With regard to the T3 stage, the sensitivity and specificity in group C were higher than those in groups A and B(sensitivity: 56.25% vs 41.17% and 44.44%; specificity: 73.68% vs 67.86% and 63.64%, respectively). The diagnostic sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the T4 stage were similar among all groups. There were no significant differences in volume CT dose index [(5.91 ± 2.57) mGy vs(3.24 ± 1.20) vs(3.65 ± 1.77) mGy], doselength product [(167.10 ± 99.08) mGy·cm vs(113.24 ± 54.46) mGy·cm vs(117.98 ± 32.32) mGy·cm] and effective dose [(2.52 ± 1.39) vs(1.63 ± 0.76) vs(1.73 ± 0.44) mSv] among the groups(P > 0.05). However, groups B and C received similar effective doses but lower iodine loads than group A [(300 vs 450) mgI/kg].CONCLUSION EICT combined with GSI assist allows differential diagnosis between the T1/2 and T3 stages. The ability to differentially diagnose the T3 and T4 stages of medullary ESCC can be improved by quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing the adipose tissue in front of the vertebral body.
文摘The role of surgery in stage ⅢA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) remains controversial.Most important prognostic factors are mediastinal downstaging and complete surgical resection.Different restaging techniques exist to evaluate response after induction therapy and these are subdivided into non-invasive,invasive and alternative or minimally invasive techniques.In contrast to imaging or functional studies,remediastinoscopy provides pathological evidence of response after induction therapy.Although techn...
文摘This study investigated the accuracy of MRI features in differentiating the pathological grades of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms(PNENs). A total of 31 PNENs patients were retrospectively evaluated, including 19 cases in grade 1, 5 in grade 2, and 7 in grade 3. Plain and contrastenhanced MRI was performed on all patients. MRI features including tumor size, margin, signal intensity, enhancement patterns, degenerative changes, duct dilatation and metastasis were analyzed. Chi square tests, Fisher's exact tests, one-way ANOVA and ROC analysis were conducted to assess the associations between MRI features and different tumor grades. It was found that patients with older age, tumors with higher TNM stage and without hormonal syndrome had higher grade of PNETs(all P〈0.05). Tumor size, shape, margin and growth pattern, tumor pattern, pancreatic and bile duct dilatation and presence of lymphatic and distant metastasis as well as MR enhancement pattern and tumor-topancreas contrast during arterial phase were the key features differentiating tumors of all grades(all P〈0.05). ROC analysis revealed that the tumor size with threshold of 2.8 cm, irregular shape, pancreatic duct dilatation and lymphadenopathy showed satisfactory sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing grade 3 from grade 1 and grade 2 tumors. Features of peripancreatic tissue or vascular invasion, and distant metastasis showed high specificity but relatively low sensitivity. In conclusion, larger size, poorlydefined margin, heterogeneous enhanced pattern during arterial phase, duct dilatation and the presence of metastases are common features of higher grade PNENs. Plain and contrast-enhanced MRI provides the ability to differentiate tumors with different pathological grades.
基金Supported by Qingdao Civic Science and Technology Program,No.17-3-3-8-nsh
文摘BACKGROUND Neuroblastoma(NB) is the most common type of extracranial solid tumour in children. The overall prognosis of NB is poor, but at the same time, NB shows significant clinical diversity. NB can demonstrate spontaneous regression or can differentiate into benign ganglioneuroma.CASE SUMMARY This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of a patient with spontaneous regression of stage Ⅲ NB who was admitted in May 2015. Studies of the spontaneous regression of NB published from October 1946 to September 2019 were retrieved through Pub Med. The clinical manifestations, diagnosis,treatment, and follow-up results were analysed.CONCLUSION Spontaneous regression of stage Ⅲ NB is rare in the clinic. The report of this case is an important supplement to the study of the spontaneous regression of NB.
文摘Based on the long-term clinical practice and scientific researches on the three methods for the stage-treatment of Parkinson's disease put forward by the author in the early years, this essay further discusses the division of the three stages of Parkinson's disease. Early stage: Appearance of the early symptoms and signs of Parkinson's disease, but short in duration and mild in severity, which do not affect the social communications, daily life and work of the patient; and their modified Hoehn & Yahr grading is 1,0-1.5. Mid stage: With the symptoms and signs of Parkinson's disease getting worse and affecting the social communications, daily life and work of the patient, those who have their modified Hoehn & Yahr grading 2-3 need medical treatment. Late stage: The patients have severe clinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and Levodopa preparation is insufficient for them to maintain their daily life; and their modified Hoehn & Yahr grading is 4-5. The three treating methods are: TCM medical treatment adopted at the early stage; the combined treatment of Chinese and western medicine at the mid stage; and comprehensive treatment with multi-theraoies at the late stage.
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81773241)Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (No.2017I2M-1-006)
文摘Objective:Prognosis of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC)but achieving yp T1–2N0 stage after neoadjuvant concurrent chemo-radiotherapy(CRT)has been shown to be favorable.This study aims to determine whether the long-term outcome of yp T1–2N0 cases can be comparable to that of p T1–2N0 cohort that received definitive surgery for early disease.Method:From January 2008 to December 2013,449 consecutive patients with rectal cancer were treated and their outcome maintained in a database.Patients with LARC underwent total mesorectal excision(TME)surgery at4–8 weeks after completion of CRT,and those achieving stage yp I were identified as a group.As a comparison,stage p I group pertains to patients whose initially limited disease was not upstaged after TME surgery alone.After propensity score matching(PSM),comparisons of local regional control(LC),distant metastasis-free survival(DMFS),disease-free survival(DFS)and overall survival(OS)were performed using Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank test between yp I and p I groups.Down-staging depth score(DDS),a novel method of evaluating CRT response,was used for subset analysis.Results:Of the 449 patients,168 matched cases were generated for analysis.Five-year LC,DMFS,DFS and OS for stage p I vs.yp I groups were 96.7%vs.96.4%(P=0.796),92.7%vs.73.6%(P=0.025),91.2%vs.73.6%(P=0.080)and 93.1%vs.72.3%(P=0.040),respectively.In the DDS-favorable subset of the yp I group,LC,DMFS,DFS and OS resulted in no significant differences in comparison with the p I group(P=0.384,0.368,0.277 and0.458,respectively).Conclusions:LC was comparable in both groups;however,distant metastasis developed more frequently in down-staged LARC than de novo early stage cases,reflecting the need to improve the efficacy of systemic treatment despite excellent pathologic response.DDS can be an indicator to identify a subset of the yp I group whose longterm oncologic outcomes are as good as those of stage p I cohort.