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Objective To investigate the enhanced CT features of papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC)and its subtypes (PRCC-Ⅰ, PRCC-Ⅱ)and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma(CRCC).Methods The CT features of 30 tumors with pathologically proved PRCC and CRCC were analyzed retrospectively,including location,size,enhanced types,calcification and necrosis etc.The differences in the CT features among PRCC and its subtypes and CRCC were evaluated.Results 1 2 cases of PRCC with single lesion (7 in the right kidney and 5 in the left)were shown;1 case was multifocal PRCC with 1 lesion in the right kidney and 2 lesions in the left.1 5 cases of CRCC were single lesion(9 in the right kidney and 6 in the left).The medium tumor maximum size of CRCC was larger than that of PRCC,and the PRCC-Ⅰ tumors tended to be smaller than PRCC-Ⅱ ones.53% of the PRCC had heterogeneous enhancement,and all calcification and necrosis were found in PRCC-Ⅱ lesions.Of all the CRCC,27% had uniform enhancement,20% had calcification and 40% had necrosis or central scar.There was no significant difference between PRCC and its subtypes and CRCC in location, maximum size,heterogeneity,calcification,necrosis and central scar.The degree of enhancement of CRCC(89.53 HU)was significantly greater than that of PRCC(66.60 HU),PRCC-Ⅰ(71.75 HU)and PRCC-Ⅱ(64.73 HU)in the cortical phase(P<0.05).The enhancement peak in the nephrographic phase was CRCC,PRCC-Ⅰ,PRCC and PRCC-Ⅱ from high to low in turn,which were all higher than that in cortical phase.In the excretory phase,the enhancement of all lesions was declined.Conclusion Contrast-enhanced CT is of certain value in the differential diagnosis among PRCC and its subtypes and CRCC.The enhancement degree of CRCC in the cortical phase is significantly greater than that of PRCC and its subtypes.The enhancement peak of PRCC and its subtypes and CRCC appears in the nephrographic phase.
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Objective To analyze the characteristic of trauma in 246 fatal falls. Methods We collect 246 cases of fatal falls from Pudong district of Shanghai from 2005 to 2014, and then analyze the characteristics of trauma by using different parameters. Results The height in suicides by fall is higher than accidents by fall (25.7m:13.98m). In all fatal falls, head has a higher possibility in suffering trauma than other body regions (75.2%), while neck has a lower possibility (6.5%). The possibility of head trauma in accidents by fall is higher than suicides by fall (89.4%:75.2%). Conclusion Comparing with suicides by fall, victims in accidents by fall have lack of protection from limbs. Besides, the low rate of ifnding neck trauma suggests legal physicians should be more careful in examining this area.
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Objective This study aims to explore the characteristics of gender and age in six different suicide methods in urban area of China. Methods We collected 548 suicides from Shanghai, Jinhua, Wuhan, Loudi and Duyun, and then analyzed the age and gender characteristics in each suicide method. Results In the age characteristics, the mean age for jumping and hanging was oldest (about 55 years old), followed by drowning and hanging (about 49 years old), oral intake poisoning was much younger (about 49 years old), while carbon monoxide poisoning was youngest (about 37 years old). In the gender differences, male were more than females in suicides by sharp object (52:24), hanging (67:33) and jumping (55:45), while females were more than males in suicides by drowning (58:42). Conclusion The age and gender difference was eminent in different suicide methods. Carbon monoxide poisoning was the youngest age group in suicides and males involved more than females in suicides by mechanical methods.
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Objective To explore the alteration of brain pain functional areas in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) overlap by rectal balloon volume stimulation and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the differences with IBS alone patients and healthy individuals were compared.Methods A total of 11 IBS alone patients,16 IBS overlapped with FD patients (IBS-FD) and 10 healthy controls were recruited.Sensory thresholds and visual analogue scale (VAS) were recorded during the rectal balloon air injection process. The changes of brain activated areas were analyzed by functional MRI (fMRI) when the rectum was stimulated at the volume of 50,100 and 150 ml.The data were analyzed by least significant difference (LSD) test.Results Under rectal volumetric stimulation,the sensory thresholds of IBS-FD group and IBS alone group were (53.14 ± 16.05) ml and (59.20 ± 20.55) ml and the difference was not statistically significant (LSD test,P＞0.05).There was no significant difference in VAS score between IBS alone group and IBS-FD group (LSD test,P＞0.05).Rectal stimulated under different volume,the results of fMRI indicated the activation of anterior cingulated cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex,postporietal cortex,thalamus and insular cortex in both IBS alone group and IBS-FD group.And there was no significant difference in activated areas and intensity between IBS alone group and IBS-FD group (LSD test,P＞0.05).Conclusions There was no significant difference in activations of brain areas between IBS alone and IBS-FD patients under rectal volumetric stimulation. Under rectal volumetric stimulation,although symptoms overlapped,there was no evidence of the overlap of braingut axis and visceral hypersensitivity between IBS alone and IBS-FD.