Predicting Aggressive Tendencies by Visual Attention Bias Associated with Hostile Emotions.

The goal of the current study is to clarify the relationship between social information processing (e.g., visual attention to cues of hostility, hostility attribution bias, and facial expression emotion labeling) and aggressive tendencies. Thirty adults were recruited in the eye-tracking study that measured various components in social information processing. Baseline aggressive tendencies were measured using the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ). Visual attention towards hostile objects was measured as the proportion of eye gaze fixation duration on cues of hostility. Hostility attribution bias was measured with the rating results for emotions of characters in the images. The results show that the eye gaze duration on hostile characters was significantly inversely correlated with the AQ score and less eye contact with an angry face. The eye gaze duration on hostile object was not significantly associated with hostility attribution bias, although hostility attribution bias was significantly positively associated with the AQ score. Our findings suggest that eye gaze fixation time towards non-hostile cues may predict aggressive tendencies.

Adrenal insufficiency in T-cell lymphoma.

Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is an extremely rare neoplasm of T-cell origin. Here we describe a 42-year-old woman who suffered from intermittent fevers and night sweats of 3 months duration. Laboratory results, imaging, pathology, and immunohistological examination led to a final diagnosis of primary adrenal T-cell lymphoma (PATL) with adrenal insufficiency. The patient received combination chemotherapy and prednisolone but expired 2 months after the treatment. Most reported PAL patients who have received only one therapeutic modality have unsatisfactory survival rates resulting from tumor recurrence and/or postchemotherapy infections. In contrast, one patient who received an adrenectomy followed by low-dose radiotherapy experienced long-term survival. A combination of therapeutic modalities may improve prognosis for patients with PATL, although the case numbers are too small to draw any conclusions.