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Objective To observe the application effect of Yunnan baiyao powder and alcohol with VitB12 on exosmosis of vincristin. Methods The 40 patients with exosmosis of vincristin were randomly divided into the treatment group(22 cases)and the control group( 18 cases).The treatment group was given the Yunnan baiyao powder and alcohol with VitB12,the control group was given magnesium sulfate for hydropathic compress.The effective rate and red swelling and ulcer of the skin in the two groups were evaluated. Results The effective rate of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group,red swelling and the diameter of the ulcer of the skin on the fifth and seventh day were shorter than the control group. Conclusions The Yunnan baiyao powder and alcohol with VitB12 are effective in treatment of the exosmosis induced by vincristin.
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Introducción. La secuencia de Pierre-Robin (SPR) es una afección congénita caracterizada por micrognatia, glosoptosis y fsura del paladar blando. La prevalencia es 1:8500 recién nacidos (RN) vivos. El hepatoblastoma (HB) es el tumor maligno primario de hígado más frecuente en pediatría. Afecta niños menores de 3 años. Caso clínico. Se trata de un paciente masculino de 2 años de edad, producto de la gesta II, de término, obtenido por cesárea, peso al nacer de 2, 750 g, con diagnóstico de SPR. A los 2 años se detecta masa abdominal dependiente de hígado. Se diagnostica HB, por lo que requiere quimioterapia y cirugía (lobectomía izquierda). A 5 años de seguimiento está vivo sin actividad tumoral. Conclusiones. La asociación de SPR y HB no se encontró reportada previamente en la literatura. Ambas presentan alteraciones en el cromosoma 2. Dado que el cáncer cursa con alteraciones citogenéticas, debemos de establecer asociaciones entre aquellos pacientes que cursan con síndromes genéticos. Esto permite evaluar blancos moleculares útiles y diseñar terapias dirigidas. También permite detectar poblaciones de riesgo de padecer cáncer y crear programas de seguimiento y evaluación que permitan una detección temprana para mejorar la sobrevida de dichos grupos. Se trata del primer caso de asociación entre estas dos patologías reportado en nuestro instituto y en el mundo.
Background. Pierre-Robin Sequence (PRS) is a congenital disease characterized by micrognatia, glosoptosis and U-shaped posterior cleft palate. Its prevalence is 1:8500 newborns. Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most frequent hepatic malignant tumor in childhood and affects patients <3 years of age. Case report. A 2-year old male with PRS was diagnosed with HB. The boy was the product of the second full term pregnancy. He was born by cesarean with a birth weight of 2750 g. The patient presented with a 1-month history of abdominal mass. Diagnosis of HB was done by biopsy. The patient received chemotherapy with cisplatin, vincristin and 5-fuorouracil as well as left lobectomy. Five years later he is alive without tumor activity. Conclusions. PRS and HB association has not been reported in the literature. Both entities have chromosome 2 alterations. Because cancer is associated with cytogenetic alterations, future considerations must be made to fnd a relationship between cancer patients and other genetic entities. This will be useful for fnding molecular targets. We can also detect the at-risk population in order to create follow-up programs that will allow an early diagnosis with an improved better survival. It is the frst case of PRS and HB reported in either the national or international literature.
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The anti-tumor effect of the Moroccan endemic thyme (Thymus broussonettii) essential oil (EOT) was investigated in vitro using the human ovarian adenocarcinoma IGR-OV1 parental cell line OV1/P and its chemoresistant counterparts OV1/adriamycin (OV1/ADR), OV1/vincristine (OV1/VCR), and OV1/cisplatin (OV1/CDDP). All of these cell lines elicited various degrees of sensitivity to the cytotoxic effect of EOT. The IC50 values (mean ± SEM, v/v) were 0.40 ± 0.02, 0.39 ± 0.02, 0.94 ± 0.05, and 0.65 ± 0.03 percent for OV1/P, OV1/ADR, OV1/VCR, and OV1/CDDP, respectively. Using the DBA-2/P815 (H2d) mouse model, tumors were developed by subcutaneous grafting of tumor fragments of similar size obtained from P815 (murin mastocytoma cell line) injected in donor mouse. Interestingly, intra-tumoral injection of EOT significantly reduced solid tumor development. Indeed, by the 30th day of repeated EOT treatment, the tumor volumes of the animals were 2.00 ± 0.27, 1.35 ± 0.20, and 0.85 ± 0.18 cm³ after injection with 10, 30, or 50 æL per 72 h (six times), respectively, as opposed to 3.88 ± 0.50 cm³ for the control animals. This tumoricidal effect was associated with a marked decrease of mouse mortality. In fact, in these groups of mice, the recorded mortality by the 30th day of treatment was 30 ± 4, 18 ± 4, and 8 ± 3 percent, respectively, while the control animals showed 75 ± 10 percent of mortality. These data indicate that the EOT which contains carvacrol as the major component has an important in vitro cytotoxic activity against tumor cells resistant to chemotherapy as well as a significant antitumor effect in mice. However, our data do not distinguish between carvacrol and the other components of EOT as the active factor.