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Objective:To observe the effect of mirror visual feedback (MVF) on the motor functioning and balance of stroke survivors, and to observe any morphological and structural changes in the tibialis anterior (TA) after MVF training.Methods:Thirty-six stroke survivors were divided into a mirror group ( n=18) and a control group ( n=18). Both groups received conventional drugs and routine rehabilitation treatment, while the mirror group was additionally provided with MVF training 5 days a week for 4 weeks. Before and after the treatment, both groups were evaluated using the Fugl-Meyer assessment for the lower extremities (FMA-LE) and the Berg balance scale (BBS). Moreover, the pennation angle (PA), the muscle thickness (MT) and the fascicle length (FL) of the tibialis anterior were measured at rest and in maximum isometric voluntary contraction (MVC) using ultrasonic imaging. Results:After the treatment the average PA of the affected side at rest and the MVC of the TA increased significantly in both groups compared with before the treatment, with the average improvement in the mirror group significantly greater than in the control group. The average TA thickness at rest and the MVC were both significantly greater in the mirror group than among the control group after the treatment. The average FMA-LE and BBS scores of both groups had improved significantly, but the mirror group′s average scores were significantly better than those of the control group.Conclusion:MVF can improve the motor function and balance ability of stroke survivors. Moreover, ultrasound can be used to evaluate the changes of TA morphology in such patients quantitatively, providing an objective foundation for tracking clinical efficacy.
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Purpose To investigate the expression of cell cycle related protein including Cyclin D1,CDK4,p16 and IgH/CCND1 fusion gene in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and their relationship with each other.Methods The expression of cell cycle related protein including Cyclin D1,CDK4,p16 and IgH/CCND1 fusion gene were detected on the 40 cases of MCL (expreimental group) and 20 cases of reactive hyperplasia (control group) by using the combined detection of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry of EnVision two methods.40 cases of MCL were confirmend by using gene rearrangement technique and immunohistochemistry.The threshold of IgH/CCND1 fusion gene of MCL was established in the control group.Results In the experimental group,Cyclin D1 protein positive expression rate was 100％,the positive expression of CDK4 protein rate was 87.50％,p16 protein positive expression rate was 17.50％.Positive rate of IgH/CCND1 fusion gene of 100％.These cell cycle related protein and IgH/CCND1 fusion gene were negative in the control group.Conclusion In MCL,Cyclin D1-CDK4-p16 pathway is consistent with the principle of tumor cell cycle regulation.The establishment of threshold value of IgH/CCND1 fusion gene by FISH technique may provide the basis for the judgement of FISH of the IgH/CCND1 in China.
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Purpose To investigate the corre1ation of the epiderma1 growth factor receptor( EGFR)gene mutation and amp1ification and protein expression with occurrence and deve1opment of non-sma11 ce11 1ung cancer( NSCLC),and to exp1ore the re1ationship be-tween the mutation and amp1ification of EGFR gene and other c1inica1 patho1ogica1 parameters. Methods qRT-PCR,FISH and immu-nohistochemistry were used to detect EGFR gene(exons 18,19,20 and 21)mutation,amp1ification and protein expression in paraf-fin-embedded tissues of NSCLC. Results EGFR gene(exons 18,19,20 and 21)mutation rate was 58. 18%(32/55)in NSCLC with qRT-PCR techno1ogy,in which the occurrence rate of exon 19 de1etions and exon 21 mutation of L858R was 87. 50%(28/32). EGFR gene mutation rate was significant1y different in gender,smoking history and patho1ogica1 type(P0. 05). EGFR gene amp1ification rate was 23. 64%(13/55)and its protein expression rate was 70. 91%(39/55). Both EGFR gene mutation and amp1ification was c1ose1y corre1ated(P0. 05). Conclusion EGFR gene mutation with high pro-tein expression of NSCLC is common1y found in fema1e,no-smoking and adenocarinoma patients,who are main candidates of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor( TKI)screening. EGFR gene mutation and amp1ification is typica11y corre1ated,but their consequence is unknown, which needs to be further investigated. EGFR gene mutation and amp1ification is not consistent with protein expression,its under1ying machanism is to be determined.
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Objective To observe the performance of two-dimensional echocardiography and CDFI of metastatic cervical lymph nodes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma before and after induction chemotherapy,and to predict the short-term effect of the lymph nodes after sequential chemoradiotherapy.Methods Forty patients with sixty-five metastatic cervical lymph nodes which were confirmed as nasopharyngeal carcinoma by biopsy and CT were studied.CDFI was used to observe its size,the peak systolic velocity (PSV),resistivity index (RI),and record its classification of blood flow before and after induction chemotherapy,after radiotherapy 1 to 2 months for ultrasound,respectively,and the measured values and short-term effect in cervical lymph node metastasized were compared.Results According to the changes of blood supply after induction chemotherapy,lymph nodes were divided into three groups,the group of improve blood supply was given priority (55 ％),blood supply to reduce and no change groups were 23 ％,22％,respectively.After induction chemotherapy and sequential radiotherapy,all lymph nodes were narrow,regression rate after induction chemotherapy in blood supply to reduce,improve and no change groups were 52％,36％,25％,respectively,the regression rates of sequential chemoradiotherapy were 90％,81％,70％,respectively,among three groups are in degressive tendency,differences were significant (P ＜ 0.05).The blood supply changes after induction chemotherapy related well with the regression rate of chemotherapy(r =0.572,P =0.000) and sequential radiotherapy(r =0.553,P =0.000).The regression rate of chemotherapy related well with the regression rate of sequential chemoradiotherapy(r =0.621,P =0.000).After chemotherapy three groups of lymph node RI decreased,the difference was significant compared with that before treatment (P ＜ 0.05).After chemotherapy the groups to reduce and improve of PSV had significant differences compare with that before treatment (P ＜ 0.05),the group of blood supply no change of PSV had no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Application of CDFI can clearly and accurately observe changes of metastatic cervical lymph nodes from nasopharyngeal carcinoma before and after induction chemotherapy,and the changes of blood supply and size after induction chemotherapy can predict the short-term effect after chemoradiotherapy.
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ObjectiveTo study the amplification and expression of HER-2 gene and protein in breast cancer and to investigate the relationship between HER-2 gene and Ki-67 、P53 、ER、PR、lymph node metastasisandTNMstaging.MethodsFluorescenceinsituhybridization(FISH) and immunohistochemistry(IHC) method were used to detect the amplification and expression of HER-2 and the expression of Ki-67、P53、ER、PR in 150 cases of breast cancer. Results49 out of 150 cases were amplificated,positive rate of HER-2 gene was 32.68％.In the 32 patients whose expression of HER-2 protein was ( + + + ),HER-2 gene was expressed in 28 cases.In The 46 patients whose expression of HER-2 protein was ( + + ),HER-2 was expressed in 16 cases.In the 26 patients whose expression of HER-2 protein was ( + ),HER-2 was expressed in 3 cases.In the 47 cases that the expression of HER-2 protein was negative,there were 45 cases that the expression HER-2 gene was negative.The expression of HER-2 was correlated with ER,PR expression and TNM staging,but not significantly related with age,Ki-67,P53 and lymph node metastasis.ConclusionsFISH and IHC correlate well with each other in the determination of HER-2 gene amplication and protein expression in cases of invasive breast cancer.
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Objective To study the expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and microvessel density (MVD) in prostatic cancer (PCa) and correlation with their metastasis. Methods The expression of MMP-9 and CD34(marked MVD) was detected by immunohistochemistry in 70 cases of prostatic diseases,including PCa (42 cases) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)(28 cases), compared clinical-stage and pathology and studied their results by statistical methods. Results The positive rate of MMP-9 in BPH and PCa was 10.7% (3/28) and 54.8% (23/42), the positive rate of MMP-9 was significantly higher in PCa than that in BPH (P< 0.05). The positive rate of MMP-9 in PCa metastasis group (C+D phase) and situ group (A+B phase) was 76.9% (20/26) and 18.8% (3/16),there was statistically significant difference between PCa metastasis group and situ group (P < 0.01). The concentration of MVD in PCa metastasis group and situ group was (69.47 ± 11.86), (51.09 ± 11.98) points each view, there was statistically significant difference between PCa metastasis group and situ group(P< 0.01) ,and all of MVD in PCa was significantly higher than that in BPH (27.92 ± 8.41) points each view (P < 0.01). The higher MMP-9 expression was positively correlated with increased MVD in PCa (r = 0.325,P< 0.05). Conclusion MMP-9 and MVD can be as indicator to pridict the metastasis of PCa.
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Objective To discuss the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced transvaginal sonography TVS in the diagnosis of myometrial invasion grade of endometrial cancer. Methods Total twenty-eight cases were studied by contrast-enhanced TVS,which were proved pathologically endometrial cancer in our hospital. The diagnosis of myometrial invasion grade of endometrial cancer by contrast-enhanced TVS were compared with pathologic results based on FIGO. Results The total coincidence of contrast-enhanced transvaginal sonography in detecting the depth of myometrial invasion was 78.6%. In the evaluation of no myometrial invasion,it showed the sensitivity of 71.4%,specificity of 85.7% and coincidence of 62.5%. In evaluation of superficial myometrial invasion,the sensitivity,specificity and coincidence was 73.7% ,77. 8% ,87. 5% ,respectively. The sensitivity in detecting deep invasion was 100. 0% ,the specificity was 96.0% ,while coincidence was 75.0%.There was no significant difference among the coincidence of various depth of myometrial invasion by contrast-enhanced TVS. Conclusion Contrast-enhanced TVS was valuable in the diagnosis of myometrial invasion grade of endometrial cancer.
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ObjectiveTo investigate the diagnosis of acute superior mesenteric venous thrombosis(MVT) by ultrasonography. MethodsSeventeen patients with MVT were confirmed by operation or CT scanning and followed-up, whose ultrasonographic features were analyzed retrospectively. ResultsUltrasonographic features of seventeen patients with MVT were enlarged superior mesenteric vein filled with hypoecho without flow signals( n =9) ,portal vein and(or) splenic vein filled with hypoecho without flow signals (n =4), intestine wall thickening and intestine distension( n =2) and ascites( n =2). The accuracy of ultrasonographic examination for SMV was 65％ (11/17). According to MVT with or without splenic or portal vein involvement,MVT were been classified as two type:large vessel type(n =10) and small vessel type(n =7). The accuracy of ultrasonographic examination for large vessel type and small vessel type were 90％ (9/10) and 29％ (2/7) ,respectively. Patient with large vessel type of MVT were easy to be diagnosed by ultrasonography than those with small vessel type( x2 =3.41, P ＜ 0. 05 ). ConclusionUltrasonography was valuable in diagnosis of MVT, and it played more important role in diagnosis of large vessel type of MVT.
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Objective To retrospectively analyze the change of reversed diastolic flow in renal allografts with ultrasound and its association with clinical outcomes.Methods 17 patients with reverse diastolic flow of renal allograft were reviewed. According to the waveform morphology changes of RDF,17 cases of RDF were classified as two types: typeⅠ(total RDF changing type: continuous total RDF or non-total RDF transformed into total RDF,n=6)and type Ⅱ (non-total RDF changing type: continuous non-total RDF or total RDF transformed into non-total RDF or disappeared,n=11).Meanwhile,they were compared with clinical outcome.Results In typeⅠ, transplanted kidney resection were performed in five cases, but 10 cases in type Ⅱ were recovered. TypeⅠwas associated with lower likelihood of renal allografts survival(Fisher exact test, P=0.005).Conclusions Dynamic observation the change of RDF may help to judge the prognosis in renal allograft.TypeⅠmay predict of an unfavorable outcome in renal allograft with RDF.
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Objective To study the accuracy of improved resistance index (RI) in judging the prognosis in renal allograft with reversed diastolic flow. Methods According to the transplant nephrectomy, patients with reversed diastolic flow in renal allograft were classified into two groups:surgical group (n = 5) and nonsurgical group (n = 19). The differences in improved RI between two groups were compared by using Student's t test. Improved RI was defined as a ratio of peak systolic velocity plus peak diastolic velocity divided by peak systolic velocity. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was constructed for improved RI to evaluate diagnostic accuracy in judging the prognosis in renal allograft with reversed diastolic flow. Results Improved RI in surgical group ( 1.57 ± 0. 26)was higher than in nonsurgical group (1.22 ± 0. 08) (P＜＜0. 05). Areas under ROC curve for improved RI was 0. 979. An improved RI threshold of 1.31 had 100 % sensitivity, 90 % specificity, 71%positive predictive value, and 100 % negative predictive value for renal allograft with reversed diastolic flow loss as the maximum Youden index was 90 %. Applying this cutoff value to predict the function of renal allograft with reversed diastolic flow recovery, the accuracy was 92 % (maximum) or 83 %(minimum). Conclusion Improved RI can not only serve as a useful noninvasive index to predict renal allograft with reversed diastolic flow loss, but also to predict the function of renal allograft with reversed diastolic flow recovery.
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Objective To study the reversed diastolic flow in abdominal and peripheral vascularity and its value of clinical application.Methods A review of Doppler sonograms was performed in abdominal and peripheral vascularity obtained over a 9-year period.And if the patients with reversed diastolic flow were found,their clinical feature were recorded and evaluated.Results Sixty-eight patients with reversed diastolic flow were found including subelavian steal syndrome(21 cases),complications of renal transplant (22 cases),thrombosis in arteriovenous fistulas (20 cases),preeclampsia in pregnancy (3 cases) and others (2 cases).The causes of reversed diastolic flow in abdominal and peripheral vascularity might be divided into four types: vessels type(41 cases),organ type (22 cases),pregnancy type (3 cases) and others (2 cases).Conclusion The causes of patients of reversed diastolic flow in abdominal and peripheral vascuhrity are different depending on its site,and the typing of causes of reversed diastolic flow may aid to enhance the recognition of reversed diastolic flow.
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Objective To study testicular microlithiasis(TM)on scrotal ultrasound findings in re-lation to the incidence of varicocele in males with scrotal symptoms.Methods Ultrasound finding of 8351 cases aged 40 days to 88 years with scrotal symptoms were reviewed.Results TM was found in 170 pa-tients(2.04%)and varicocele Was found in 1449 patients(17.35%)of symptomatic individuals.Varicocele Was found in TM and non-TM were 15.88%(27/170)and 17.38%(1422/8181)respectively,statistical anal-ysis revealed that there was no close relationship between TM and varicocele(x2=0.26,P>0.05)in symp-tomatic population. Conclusion TM is a comnlofl disease and has no direct correlation with varicocele.