Combined Use of Duloxetine and Olanzapine in the Treatment of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes Refractory to Conventional Treatment: A Case Report

Patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes (UCPPS) report interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and/or chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. The pathogenesis of these syndromes remains unclear and there is currently no standard treatment. UCPPS is, therefore, often misdiagnosed and its management is complex. The present case report involves a 62-year-old male patient with UCPPS whose main presentation is painful bladder filling and painful urgency refractory to conventional treatment with medication, which was successfully treated with the combined use of duloxetine and olanzapine. The combined use of duloxetine and olanzapine may become a new therapeutic option in the management of UCPPS.

Expression of Snail in bladder urothelial carcinoma and its relationship with E-cadherin and a subset of T cell Groups / 中华泌尿外科杂志

ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of Snail in bladder urothelial carcinoma and evaluate its relationship with E-cadherin and a subset of T cell groups.MethodsImmunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of Snail and E-cadherin proteins in tissue from 156 cases of bladder urothelial carcinoma and 80 cases of the para-cancerous mucosa. The proteins expression status was analyzed with clinico-pathological data. Meanwhile, correlations with Snail and CD4+, CD8+, CD4+/CD8+ were analyzed.ResultsThe positive rate of Snail in bladder urothelial carcinoma was 65.4％ , which was significantly higher than that in para-cancerous mucosa (48.8％). The expression of Snail was significantly correlated with the clinical stage, pathological grade, tumor quantity, distant metastasis and tumor recurrence.There was negative correlation between the expression of Snail and E-cadherin in bladder urothelial carcinoma. Positive expression of Snail had a negative correlation with the number of CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ , whereas it had no significant correlation with the number of CD8+.ConclusionsBy inhibition of the E-cadherin expression and inducing local immunosuppression, Snail might play an important role in the process of the invasion and metastasis of bladder urothelial carcinoma.

MSCT Findings and Clinic Value of Hepatic Abscesses (An Analysis of 20 Cases) / 实用放射学杂志

Objective To study MSCT findings and clinic value of hepatic abscesses on enhanced double-phase and(or)three-phase(arterial and protal venous phase and delayed phase),especially during arterial phase. Methods The MSCT imaging features of 20 cases with hepatic abscesses proved by operation or biopsy were evaluated on enhanced double-phase and(or) three-phase scan during arterial and portal venous phase and delayed phase ,especially during arterial phase.Results (1)The imaging features of aeterial phase were that the hepatic tissues around the lesions showed strong enhancement,but the lesions showed slight enhancement or not or peripheral enhancement. (2)The imaging features of protal venous phase were:a.circular target sign; b.circular sign; c.flower valve sign; d.multiloculated sign. (3)The imaging features of delayed phase were that the masses changed smaller or not and the belt disappeared or got vague. Conclusion The double-phase or three phase MSCT scan fully reflects the pathologic changes of hepatic abcesses and is very important to early diagnosis and differential diagnosis.