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Tong LQ, Jiang SN, Sui YF, Yin YH, Fu LQ, Zhong JY, Zhong JL. Imaging signs and the qualitative diagnosis of solitary rib lesions using 99mtechnetium-methylene diphosphonate whole-body bone imaging in patients with a malignant tumor. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2023; 13:5688-5700. [PMID: 37711772 PMCID: PMC10498199 DOI: 10.21037/qims-22-1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Background The aim of this study was to summarize the valuable information for qualitative diagnosis by investigating the imaging signs from the whole-body bone imaging of solitary rib lesions. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted of the data from 313 patients with malignant tumors and solitary rib lesions identified using whole-body bone imaging in Department of Nuclear Medicine of Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital between January 2015 and December 2017. Based on the final comprehensive diagnosis of the rib lesions, the patients were divided into a bone metastasis group, fracture group, other benign lesions group, and an uncertain group, and the characteristic imaging changes in rib lesions in each group were explored. Results (I) Significant differences were identified among the 4 groups (P<0.001) in the distribution of lesions in the anterior, posterior, and lateral ribs and proximal costal cartilage. The fracture group had the highest proportion of lesions in the anterior ribs (99/121, 81.8%) and proximal costal cartilage (74.4%, 90/121). (II) Significant differences were detected in morphology, concentration, boundaries, and radioactivity distribution among the 4 groups of patients (P<0.001). The bone metastasis group had the highest proportion of lesions appearing as stripes (35/67, 52.2%), and the fracture group had the highest proportion of lesions appearing as spots (94.2%, 114/121) and the lowest proportion appearing as stripes (3/121, 2.5%). (III) Significant differences were found in the longitudinal diameter, transverse diameter, aspect ratio, and tumor-to-normal tissue ratio between the 4 groups (P<0.001). The longitudinal diameter (27.8±16.0 mm) and aspect ratio (1.9±1.0) of the bone metastasis group were the highest, whereas the longitudinal diameter (15.2±3.9 mm) and aspect ratio (1.0±0.2) of the fracture group were the smallest. Conclusions This study revealed that different types of solitary rib lesions had relatively characteristic imaging signs in whole-body bone imaging.
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- Liang-Qian Tong
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medicine University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, China
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Sui YF, Tong LQ, Zhang XY, Song ZH, Guo TC. Effects of paired associated stimulation with different stimulation position on motor cortex excitability and upper limb motor function in patients with cerebral infarction. J Clin Neurosci 2021; 90:363-369. [PMID: 34275577 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of paired associated stimulation (PAS) with different stimulation position on motor cortex excitability and upper limb motor function in patients with cerebral infarction. METHOD A total of 120 volunteers with cerebral infarction were randomly divided into four groups. Based on conventional rehabilitation treatment, the PAS stimulation group was given the corresponding position of PAS treatment once a day for 28 consecutive days. The MEP amplitude and RMT of both hemispheres were assessed before and after treatment, and a simple upper limb Function Examination Scale (STEF) score, simplified upper limb Fugl-Meyer score (FMA), and improved Barthel Index (MBI) were used to assess upper limb motor function in the four groups. RESULTS Following PAS, the MEP amplitude decreased, and the RMT of abductor pollicis brevis (APB) increased on the contralesional side, while the MEP amplitude increased and the RMT of APB decreased on the ipsilesional side. After 28 consecutive days the scores of STEF, FMA, and MBI in the bilateral stimulation group were significantly better than those in the ipsilesional stimulation group and the contralesional stimulation group, but there was no significant difference in the scores of STEF, FMA, and MBI between the ipsilesional stimulation group and the contralesional stimulation group. CONCLUSION The excitability of the motor cortex can be changed when the contralesional side or the ipsilesional side was given the corresponding PAS stimulation, while the bilateral PAS stimulation can more easily cause a change of excitability of the motor cortex, resulting in better recovery of the upper limb function.
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- Yan-Fang Sui
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou 570208, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou 570208, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The 5th Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 470000, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou 570208, China.
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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Tong LQ, Sui YF, Jiang SN, Yin YH. The Association Between Lung Fluorodeoxyglucose Metabolism and Smoking History in 347 Healthy Adults. J Asthma Allergy 2021; 14:301-308. [PMID: 33840997 PMCID: PMC8032449 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s302602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Objective This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between fluorodeoxyglucose metabolism and smoking history in healthy adults by analyzing lung standardized uptake value (SUV). Methods The 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) studies of 347 patients who did not show signs of having malignant diseases or lung inflammation were retrospectively evaluated. Four circular regions of interest (ROI) were manually drawn on the upper and lower lung regions. The averages of maximum SUV (SUVmax-avr) and mean SUV (SUVmean-avr) were calculated, and the mean values of each parameter for non-smokers, ex-smokers, and current smokers were compared. The correlation between SUVmax-avr and smoking history (tobacco burden and the duration of smoking cessation) was assessed based on present smoking status. The ex-smokers and current smokers were divided into three groups according to their tobacco burden, and the SUVmax-avrs of the two groups were compared. Results Both the mean values of SUVmax-avr and SUVmean-avr increased based on smoking history, with non-smokers having the lowest values and current smokers the highest. Tobacco burden had a positive correlation with SUVmax-avr in current smokers (r = 0.474, P< 0.001). However, neither tobacco burden (r = 0171, P = 0.162) nor duration of smoking cessation (r = 0.212, P = 0.082) had a significant correlation with SUVmax-avr in ex-smokers. The mean SUVmax-avr of current smokers was significantly higher than that of ex-smokers in patients with a medium or large tobacco burden (P = 0.012, P< 0.001, respectively). Although there was no significant difference between the mean SUVmax-avrs of ex-smokers and current smokers in patients with a small tobacco burden (P = 0.888), the mean SUVmax-avrs of both ex-smokers and current smokers with a small tobacco burden were significantly higher than that of non-smokers (P< 0. 001, P< 0.001, respectively). Conclusion The findings indicate that lung SUV increases in current heavy smokers and partially decreases after the cessation of smoking, which is in line with previous reports studied by analyzingfluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) metabolism of lung specimens.
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- Liang-Qian Tong
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, Hainan, 570208, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, Hainan, 570208, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central South University Xiangya School Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou, Hainan, 570208, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hainan Medicine College Affiliated Hainan Hospital, Haikou, Hainan, 570311, People's Republic of China
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Chen J, Zhu S, Xie XZ, Guo SF, Tong LQ, Zhou S, Zhao M, Xianyu ZQ, Zhu XH, Xiong W. Analysis of clinicopathological factors associated with bone metastasis in breast cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 33:122-125. [PMID: 23392720 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-013-1083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women today. Once breast cancer metastasizes to bone, mortality increases. Thus, there is an urgent need to identify patients with high risk of bone metastasis, and to find predictive factors for the occurrence of bone metastasis at an earlier stage of breast cancer. Three hundred and sixty patients with pathologically proved breast cancer visiting the Department of Nuclear Medicine for whole body bone scan from January 2006 and January 2009 were investigated in this study. Clinicopathological information was obtained, which consisted of age, menopausal status, clinical staging, lymph node stage, histological grade, the expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Correlation between bone metastasis and the associated factors was tested by using the Chi-square test. A Cox multivariate analysis was used to assess the factors which independently contributed to survival after bone metastasis in breast cancer patients. Survival curves were drawn for metastasis-free interval and the independent factors which contributed to survival, using the Kaplan-Meier method. Twenty-four patients were excluded from subsequent analysis. Three hundred and thirty-six enrolled patients ranged in age from 22 to 77 years (mean, 47.8 years). ER/PR status [ER(+) vs. ER(-), χ (2)=4.328, P=0.037; ER(+)PR(+) vs. ER(+)PR(-), χ (2)=4.425, P=0.035] and histological grade (χ (2)=7.131, P=0.028) were significantly associated with bone metastasis. ER status (x (2)=8.315, P=0.004) and metastasis-free interval (χ (2)=6.863, P=0.009) were independent prognostic factors for survival in breast cancer patients with bone metastasis. Our study suggested that ER/PR status and histological grade are risk factors for the development of bone metastasis in breast cancer patients. However, ER status and metastasis-free interval are independent prognostic factors for survival in breast cancer patients with bone metastasis. Breast cancer bone metastasis has its unique characteristics, which is helpful to choose the appropriate treatment for breast cancer patients with bone metastasis.
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- School of Life Science, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, 571158, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pathology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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PURPOSE Organic cation transporters in the renal proximal tubule are important in the secretion of many clinically used drugs and their metabolites. The goal of this study was to determine the mechanisms of guanidine transport in human kidney. METHODS Brush-border membrane vesicles were prepared from donor human kidneys deemed unsuitable for renal transplantation. RESULTS Uptake of [14C]-guanidine (50 microM) in the vesicles, as determined by rapid filtration, was significantly greater in the presence of an outwardly-directed proton gradient, at all early time points, than in the absence of the gradient. Proton-stimulated uptake of [14C]-guanidine at 30 sec (32.0 +/- 1.24 pmol/mg protein) was significantly inhibited by a number of organic cations including 5 mM unlabeled guanidine (14.8 +/- 1.84 pmol/mg protein) and 5 mM MIBA (9.14 +/- 3.80 pmol/ mg protein), but not by 5 mM TEA (28.4 +/- 5.67 pmol/mg protein). Guanidine, but not TEA, trans-stimulated [14C]-guanidine uptake. Conversely, TEA, but not guanidine, trans-stimulated [14C]-TEA uptake in the vesicles. The proton-dependent transport of guanidine was characterized by a Km of 3.52 +/- 0.42 mM (SE) and a Vmax of 34.6 +/- 8.64 pmol/mg protein/sec (SE). CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that guanidine transport in human renal brush border membrane vesicles is stimulated by a proton gradient. Evidence was obtained suggesting that the transporter for guanidine is distinct from the previously described organic cation proton antiporter for TEA.
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- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
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