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Objective To explore the clinical value of multi-slice CT enhancement perfusion imaging (MSCTPI) in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of thyroid disease. Methods Thirty-three patients with benign thyroid diseases were enrolled in the benign group, and were divided into subgroups of nodular goiter (n=17) and thyroid adenoma (n=16), while 10 patients with thyroid carcinoma were enrolled in the malignant group. All patients underwent routine CT scanning and MSCTPI with GE LightSpeed 16-detector row CT scanner. Time-density curve (TDC) of common carotid for benign thyroid diseases and thyroid carcinoma was depicted. Perfusion parameters of blood flow (BF), blood volume (BV), mean transit time (MTT) and permeability surface area product (PS) were obtained automatically. All parameters were statistically analyzed among groups. Results TDC showed single peak in common carotid artery, with small peak of speed up and slow down in benign group, while with baseline segment, up above, down segment and horizontal segment in thyroid carcinoma. There was statistical difference between benign and malignant groups in BF, BV, MTT and PS value (P=0.001, 0.05). BF was significantly different in benign and maligant groups (P<0.05), whereas PS in thyroid carcinoma and nodular goiter was significant different (P<0.05). No statistical difference of BF, BV, MTT and PS was detected between nodular goiter and thyroid adenoma. Conclusion MSCTPI can exactly show the blood flow features of thyroid. The analysis of BF, BV, MTT and PS is helpful for differential diagnosis between benign thyroid disease and thyroid carcinoma.
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Objective To elucidate the characteristics of the apoptosis of ovarian cell in DahlS hypertensive rats .Methods Sixty DahlS hytertensive femal rats(5 weeks old) were devided into 3 experimental groups and 3 control groups randomly,then the rats fed with 8% salt and normal forage respectively.Materials were gathered at 11,13,15 weeks old sacrifice.The apoptosis characteristics of granulosa cell and corpus luteum cell were studied by light,electron microscopy in situ end labelling techriqe,flowcytometry,etc.Results As hypertensive coures prolongation resut in the following conditions:⑴By light microscope,granulosa cell(GC) of developing follicles arranged inorderly and loosing ,the number of follicle atresia increased and corpus luteum decreased.⑵In TUNEL staining,apoptosis was mainly observed in granulosa cell of developing follicles,and it could not observed in corpus luteum cells. ⑶By electron microscope,the apoptosis of granulosa cell and corpus luteum cell assume typical characteristics as cytoplasm,a little nucleous,abnormal cytoblast,chromatin condensed and edged,appeared concetraction band,etc.It could also be observed that mitochondrion ridge had dearranged,the nmuber of smooth endoplasmic reticular(SER) decreased,and the change of lipid's lamellae was serious.⑷Flow cytometry assay showed the apoptosis rate of ovarian cell increased gradually,experimental groups of 13,15 weeks old(6 42?1 06)%,(6 67?2 11)% increased significantly as compared with controls(1 26?0 57)%,(1 46?0 73)%(t=3 027,3 085,P