Clinical features of uveal metastases from lung carcinoma / 中华眼底病杂志

Objective:To observe the clinical features of uveal metastases from lung carcinoma.Methods:A retrospective case study. From 1983 to 2014, 14 patients with uveal metastases of lung cancer confirmed by ocular examination in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were included in the study. Among them, 7 were male, 7 were female; 11 were monocular and 3 were binocular. The mean age was 54.5±9.6 years. Pathologic examination showed primary bronchial lung cancer, including 13 patients of non-small cell lung cancer (10, 2 and 1 patients of lung adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and adenosquamous cell carcinoma, respectively) and 1 patient of small cell lung cancer. Four patients (28.6%) were diagnosed with lung cancer before ophthalmology consultation, and 10 patients (71.4%) were first diagnosed with ophthalmology due to ocular symptoms. The duration from ocular symptoms to lung cancer diagnosis was 1 week to 6 months. The course from diagnosis of lung cancer to ophthalmological consultation was ranged from 10 to 60 months, and the average course was 29.5±19.0 months. There were 7, 4 and 3 patients with impaired vision, occlusion of visual objects and deformation of visual objects, respectively. All patients underwent visual acuity, slit lamp microscope, B-mode ultrasound and UBM examinations. FFA was performed in 8 eyes, and 2 eyes were examined for ICGA. Orbital MRI was performed in 5 patients. Vitreoretinal surgery was performed on 1 eye. The clinical characteristics of the patients were analyzed and observed.Results:In 17 eyes, there were 2 eyes with visual acuity of light perception, 3 eyes of hand movement to counting finger before the eyes, 5 eyes of 0.1- 0.3, 4 eyes of 0.4-0.6, 3 eyes of greater than 0.8. Metastatic cancer was located in iris in 1 eye, it presents as a red mass with irregular shape on the surface, which is full of small nourishing blood vessels. Metastatic cancer were located in choroid in 16 eyes, they presented yellowish-white or grayish-yellow lumps under the posterior pole or equatorial retina, including 14 eyes with a single lesion and 2 eyes with 2 lesions, with retinal detachment in 8 eyes and increased intraocular pressure in 5 eyes. B-mode ultrasonography showed posterior polar flat or surface irregular wavy intraocular space occupying lesions with localized or extensive retinal detachment. FFA and ICGA showed the focal, apical and patchy fluorescence of the tumor. MRI showed that T 1WI medium and high signal consistent with the vitreous body, while T 2WI showed low signal. Conclusions:Uveal metastatic may be the first manifestation of lung cancer, and visual impairment, part of solid mass lesions with fundus flattening may be accompanied by secondary glaucoma and retinal detachment as the main clinical manifestations. Most of the metastatic sites are located in choroid, which is more common in single eye and single lesion. Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of uveal metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.

Modeling and characterization of different channels based on human body communication.

Human body communication (HBC), which uses the human body as a transmission medium for electrical signals, provides a prospective communication solution for body sensor networks (BSNs). In this paper, an inhomogeneous model which includes the tissue layers of skin, fat, and muscle is proposed to study the propagation characteristics of different HBC channels. Specifically, the HBC channels, namely, the on-body to on-body (OB-OB)channel, on-body to in-body (OB-IB) channel, in-body to on-body (IB-OB) channel, and in-body to in-body (IB-IB)channel, are studied over different frequencies (from 1MHz to 100MHz) through numerical simulations with finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The results show that the gain of OB-IB channel and IB-OB channel is almost the same. The gain of IB-IB channel is greater than other channels in the frequency range 1MHz to 70MHz. In addition, the gain of all channels is associated with the channel length and communication frequency. The simulations are verified by experimental measurements in a porcine tissue sample. The results show that the simulations are in agreement with the measurements.

Characterization and analysis of dynamic implant communication channels based on inhomogeneous model.

Implant communication plays an important role in achieving information exchange among implantable devices in personal health care. In this paper, the characteristics of dynamic implant communication channels (ICCs) are studied by using a set of 30 inhomogeneous human body models (frames) which corresponded to one period of a walking motion. The gain variations of three different ICCs (from belly to head, right wrist, and right ankle) are investigated at 21MHz, 403.5MHz, and 2.45GHz, respectively. The results show that the ICC gain may be affected by body posture, body shadowing effect, multipath fading, and earth ground. In addition, compared with the ICC gain at 403.5MHz and 2.45GHz, the ICC gain at 21MHz is motion-insensitive in implant communication.

Clinical studies of D-timolol vs L-timolol / 中华实验眼科杂志

ObjectiveTo evaluate the anti-glaucoma effect of 1％ D-timolol on patients with primary open-angle glaucoma （POAG） and ocular hypertension （OH）．MethodsThirty-six patients with POAG or OH were included．They were divided into two groups randomly for treating with either 1％ D-timolol or 0.5% L-timolol twice daily．The intraocular pressure（IOP） changes and side effects on eyes and cardiovascular system were noticed．Data of visual field and ocular blood flow were compared with the baseline after given the eyedrops for 3 month．ResultsAfter given one drop of the drug，intraocular pressure dropped significantly in both of the two groups．The IOP day curve at 1 month also dropped when compared with the baseline in both groups．There was no significant difference between the two drugs in magitude of hypotensive effect after 3 months．And the higher the IOP was，the more the IOP dropped when using D-timolol．There were no serious side effects noted．No significant change of ocular blood flow was found by color doppler imagine．Mean sensitivity of visual field was raised significantly in D-timolol-treated group，while in L-timolol-treated group it was not changed much．Conclusion1％ D-timolol is a favorable eyedrop. It is effective and safe for the treatment of glaucoma．