The effects of blastocyst morphological score and blastocoele re-expansion speed after warming on pregnancy outcomes / 대한생식의학회지

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate associations between the morphology score of blastocysts and blastocoele re-expansion speed after warming with clinical outcomes, which could assist in making correct and cost-effective decisions regarding the appropriate time to vitrify blastocysts and to transfer vitrified-warmed blastocysts. METHODS: A total of 327 vitrified-warmed two-blastocyst transfer cycles in women 38 years old and younger were included in this retrospective study. RESULTS: The clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and implantation rate (IR) of transfers of two good-morphology grade 4 blastocysts vitrified on day 5 (64.1% and 46.8%, respectively) were significantly higher than the CPR and IR associated with the transfers of two good-morphology grade 3 blastocysts vitrified on day 5 (46.7% and 32.2%, respectively). No significant differences were found in the CPR and IR among the transfers of two good-morphology grade 4 blastocysts regardless of the day of cryopreservation. Logistic regression analysis showed that blastocoele re-expansion speed after warming was associated with the CPR. CONCLUSION: The selection of a good-morphology grade 4 blastocyst to be vitrified could be superior to the choice of a grade 3 blastocyst. Extending the culture of grade 3 blastocysts and freezing grade 4 or higher blastocysts on day 6 could lead to a greater likelihood of pregnancy. Since re-expansion was shown to be a morphological marker of superior blastocyst viability, blastocysts that quickly re-expand after warming should be prioritized for transfer.

Image features of herniation pit of the femoral neck / 中华放射学杂志

Objeetive To evaluate imaging appearances of herniation pit of the femoral neck.Methods We retrospectively analyzed the X-ray,CT and MRI findings of 9 patients with herniation pit of the femoral neck.All nine patients were male with the age ranging from 21 to 73 years.They had pain in the hip from two months to two years duration.Results The bilateral hips were affected in six patients,the right hips in the other 3 patients.Of the nine patients,X-ray plain films(2 cases),CT scanning(6 cases),and MR scanning(5 cases)were performed.The size of the lesions ranged from 0.5 cm×0.6 cm to 1.0 cm×1.5 cm,located in the anterosuperior portion of the femoral neck(n=7)or anteroinferior portion(n=2).X-ray plain films showed an osteolytic lesion surrounded by a sclerotic rim.CT scanning showed the lesion just below the cortex of the femoral neck surrounded by a rim of sclerosis or associated with a small cortical break in two patients.MR scanning showed low signal intensity in five patients on T1WI and high signal intensity surrounded by a rim of low signal intensity(n=3)or low signal intensity(n=2)on T2WI,and high signal intensity on fat suppression MR image.A small joint effusion was observed in two cases on T2WI.Conclusion The CT and MRI findings of herniation pit of the femoral neck are characteristic,it is useful in defining the diagnosis of the herniation pit of the femoral neck.

The diagnosis value of CT guided puncture biopsy in mediastinal lesions / 介入放射学杂志

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of computed tomographic(CT) guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy(FANB) in mediastinal lesions.Methods The authors retrospectively reviewed the records of 104 patients of the mediastinal lesions who underwent CT guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy.The sites of CT guided biopsy in 104 patients included anterior mediastinum(n = 73) ,middle mediastinum(n = 29) and posterior mediastinum(n = 2) .The mediastinal lesions with variation in size from 2.31 cm ? 1.11 cm ～ 14.5 cm ? 10.3 cm(

Comparison of MRI and Pathology among Nontraumatic Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head / 实用放射学杂志

Objective To investigate nontraumatic avascular necrotic of the femoral head with different etiology whether or not having similar MRI and pathologic findings.Methods MRI features of nontraumatic avascular necrosis of the femoral head caused by differant etiology in 98 patients(152 hips) were retrospectively analysed.The causes of osteonecrosis of the femoral head included steroid-induced in 49 patients(86 hips),alcoholic in 18 patients(25 hips) and idiopathic cause in 31 patients(41hips).Gross section and pathologic examinations were performed on 34 femoral heads obtained after total hip replacement from 25 patients.Results Osteonecrosis of the femoral head with different etiology occurred at the anterior superior part of femoral head.The necrotic zones both on pathological gross section and MRI were consisted of cartilage,necrotic focus,proliferative zone and normal bony zones along the lesions.The proliferative zone surrounded necrotic area was low signal intensity on both T1WI and T2WI.There was correlations between localized MRI signal behavior and specific histopathologic features of femoral head osteonecrosis.Conclusion Nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral heads associated with different etiology have similar characteristics on both MRI and pathology