Ultrasound or CT-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy in diagnosis of small renal masses / 中华全科医师杂志

Eighty six patients with renal masses≤4.0 cm underwent ultrasound or CT-guided core needle biopsies.The clinical data including the initial biopsy technique,pathologic findings,and the clinical outcome were retrospectively reviewed. Biopsies were failed for diagnosis in 6 cases ( 7％ ) because of necrosis or hemorrhage of the tissue specimens.Of 80 successful biopsies,52 cases (65％) were diagnosed as malignant tumor and 28 cases (35％) as benign. Five patients had biopsy complications (6％),including postoperative hypotension,hemouria and perirenal hematoma. Forty-seven patients underwent surgical extirpation ; the consistency rate of histopathological diagnosis between biopsy and surgical specimens was 100％ in these patients.The results indicate that ultrasound or CT-guided core needle biopsy is an effective and safe procedure for diagnosis of renal small masses.

Acquired renal cystic disease complicated with renal cell carcinoma 11 case reports / 中华泌尿外科杂志

Objective To discuss the diagnosis and treatment of acquired cystic kidney disease complicated by kidney cancer. Methods Clinical data of 11 patients with acquired cystic kidney disease complicated by kidney cancer were analyzed retrospectively. Eight patients were male and three were female. The mean age was 55 years old (range 37 to 68). The time of hemodialysis ranged from 2.8 to 7. 4 years, mean 4. 8 years. Results Follow-up ranged from 17- 83 months, mean 55 months. One patient died of cardiovascular disease. Lung metastasis was detected in one patient two years after surgery. Seven patients survived free of tumor recurrence and there was no follow-up on one patient. Conclusions Increased incidence of cancer was observed in patients with end-stage renal disease who have undergone long-term dialysis. In particular, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) showed an excess incidence in ACKD patients. RCC showed an increased prevalence compared with the general population. Patients with predialysis azotemia or a dialysis duration of longer than 3 years should be screened for ACKD. Sonegraphy or CT scanning are useful for early diagnosis of ACKD. We should pay close attention to complications, including ACKD malignant tendency, in patients who have been taking long-term dialysis and positive therapy.

Dectin-1 mRNA expression in lung of different immune status mice infected with Aspergillus fumigatus / 中华微生物学和免疫学杂志

Objective To study dectin-1 mRNA expression in lung of different immune status mice infected with Aspergillusfumigatus, and to explore the influence of immunosuppressive agent on the expression of dectin-1 and its relationship with the progression of disease. Methods Mice were divided into four groups which were normal control, immuncompromised, immuncompromised with A.fumigatus inoculation and immuncompetent with A.fumigatus inoculation groups. We explored the kinetic mRNA expression of dectin-1 in lung of different groups by real-time quantitative PCR. Pulmonary fungal burden assessment was performed to reflect the progressing of disease during the experimental time course. Results On day 3 after inoculation, pulmonary fungal burden of the immuncompromised mice was higher than that of the immuncompetent group. On day 1 and 3, dectin-I mRNA expression in lung of the immuncompromised group was much lower than that of the normal control. On day 3, dectin-1 mRNA expression in lung of the immuncompetent mice infected with A.fumigatus was much higher than that of the immuncompromised with A.fumigatus inoculation and the normal control groups ( P < 0.05 ). Conclusion During the infection, expression of dectin-1 in lung of the immuncompetent group was strikingly increased, which may play an important role on the defence to A.fumigatus invasion. Cyclophosphamide inhibited the expression of dectin-1 in lung of mice which may be one of the mechanisms of the invasive pulmonary aspergillosis development induced by eyclophosphamide.

Experimental Study on Pathogenicity of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis / 中华皮肤科杂志

Objective To investigate the pathogenicity of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis and to discuss the pathogenesis of systemic mycosis.Methods Cell suspension of S.brevicaulis was injected into tail-veins of normal and immunocompromised mice.Histopatholoy and fungal culture were performed on sacrified and naturally died mice at different time.Results The organs were infected soon after injection.Necrotic tissue appeared earlier and polymorphonuclear leucocytes(PMNs)decreased in the spleens of the immunocompro-mised mice.Conclusions Scopulariopsis brevicaulis is a kind of opportunistic fungus with relatively high virulence.The ability of fungi to penetrate host cells is crucial for the progression of infection.PMNs play an important role in the early immune response.