系统性种痘水疱病样皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤1例及文献复习

目的:通过分析系统性种痘水疱病样淋巴瘤病例1例,结合文献回顾,分析其临床特点、诊断治疗进展及预后,以提高临床医生对该病的认识。方法:报道1例有7年种痘水疱病史并转化为系统性T细胞淋巴瘤病例,通过皮肤活检、病理及免疫组化、TCR基因重排、实验室、MRI及影像学检查,确定诊断及治疗方案,并观察预后。后进行文献回顾。结果:本例患者的主要临床表现为多年的面部红斑、丘疱疹及水疱改变,最初诊断为"种痘水疱病",初期治疗有效,病情反复并进展,皮肤改变加重,病变逐渐累及鼻中隔及下鼻甲,出现坏死及缺损,同时伴有发热及淋巴结肿大等系统症状。皮肤病理及免疫组化提示真皮弥漫性淋巴细胞、浆细胞浸润,CD3+,CD4+,CD8散在细胞+,CD30局部细胞+,CD56局部细胞+,EBER杂交(+),Ki-67增殖指数为60%。TCR基因克隆性重排。经干扰素及激素治疗初期病情控制尚可,持续约7年时间,后病情进行性加重,表现系统性种痘水疱病样皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤症状,给予MESA方案化疗1次。化疗后病情稳定,鼻部症状明显改善。后病情进展,患者出现神经系统症状并死亡。结论:种痘水疱病样淋巴瘤早期临床表现易与种痘样水疱病相混淆,但根据其病变部位病理活检及免疫组化分析可得到确诊,早期单纯皮肤病变期可持续数年,部分对激素及干扰素治疗有效。当发展为系统性种痘水疱病样淋巴瘤期时,病情进展迅速,常可累及中枢神经系统,对于化疗反应差,预后不佳,死亡率极高。化疗对于该病的有效性有待进一步观察。     

双水平气道正压通气治疗重叠综合征合并呼吸衰竭患者的临床疗效

目的：探讨鼻面罩双水平正压通气（BIPAP）治疗重叠综合征合并呼吸衰竭患者的临床疗效及对血气指标和肺功能的影响。 方法：选取2011 年10 月到2014 年6 月期间我院收治的重叠综合征合并呼吸衰竭患者46 例,将其随机分为观察组（23 例）和对 照组（23 例）,在常规抗感染、支气管扩张剂、激素、纠正酸碱失衡、呼吸兴奋剂、针对原发病等治疗基础上,对照组给予持续气道正 压通气(CPAP),观察组给予BIPAP 通气治疗,对比治疗后两组患者的临床疗效,比较两组治疗前后24h 动脉血气、肺功能以及多 导睡眠监测(PSG)结果。结果：治疗后,观察组患者的总有效率为87.0%（20/23）,显著高于对照组的73.9%(17/23),差异有统计学意 义（P<0.05）;两组患者的24 h动脉血气、肺功能和PSG 结果均显著优于治疗前,且观察组优于对照组,差异具有统计学意义（P<0. 05）。结论：BIPAP治疗重叠综合征合并呼吸衰竭临床疗效显著,可以改善患者的血气指标及肺功能,有效降低气管插管率,值得 在临床推广应用。     

鼻内镜下电凝结合微填塞治疗难治性鼻出血

目的：探讨鼻内镜下电凝止血结合明胶海绵微填塞治疗难治性鼻出血的临床特征和疗效。方法：回顾性分析我院2011 年1 月至2015 年1 月收治的203 例难治性鼻出血患者的临床资料,探讨发病季节、发病年龄、出血部位以及发病年龄与出血部位的 相关性。结果：203 例患者经鼻内镜下电凝止血结合明胶海绵微填塞治疗,全部治愈,其发病特征具有明显的季节性,40~60 岁多 见（41.9%）,下鼻道出血最常见（30.0%）,老年人以鼻腔后下部位出血为主,青中年以鼻腔前上部位出血为主。结论：鼻内镜下电凝 结合微填塞治疗难治性鼻出血微创、安全、有效,值得推广。     

Are atopy and eosinophilic bronchial inflammation associated with relapsing forms of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps?

Background

The aetiopathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is still unknown. The role of atopy and the concept of united airways in such patients are still a matter of debate. In this pilot study we aimed at evaluating the degree of eosinophilic inflammation and the frequency of atopy in a cohort of CRSwNP patients candidate for Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) and assessing the association between these factors and relapsing forms of CRSwNP.

Methods

30 patients (18 men, 12 women) with CRSwNP eligible for FESS were evaluated before and after surgery. Preoperative investigation included: history of previous relapse after FESS, clinical and laboratory allergologic assessment, spirometry, methacholine challenge, blood eosinophilia and determination of the fraction of nitric oxide in exhaled air (FeNO). Nasal fibroendoscopy, spirometry and FeNO determination were also assessed prospectively at 3 and 27 months post-FESS.

Results

18/30 subjects were atopic, 6/18 (33 %) were monosensitized, 16/30 (53 %) were asthmatics and 10/30 (33 %) had non steroidalantinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) hypersensitivity. Twenty-one patients (70 %) were classified as relapsers, 15/18 (83 %) among atopics, 6/12 (50 %) among non atopics (p = 0.05). Among patients with NSAIDs hypersensitivity, 9/10 (90 %) were relapsers. The median IgE concentration was 161.5 UI/mL in relapsers and 79 UI/mL in non-relapsers (ns). The mean FeNO decreased after FESS (43.1–26.6 ppb) in 84 % of patients, but this effect disappeared over time (FeNO = 37.7 ppb at 27 months). Higher levels of FeNO pre-FESS were detected in atopics, and in particular in relapsing ones (median 51.1 ppb vs 22.1, ns). Higher levels of FeNO pre-FESS were detected in asthmatic patients, especially in those who relapsed (median: 67 vs 64.85 ppb in non-relapsed patients, ns). The Tiffeneau Index (FEV1/FVC) was significantly lower in asthmatic relapsers than in non relapsers asthmatics (94.7 ± 11.1 versus 105 ± 5.9—p = 0.04). Patients with asthma and atopy had a major risk of relapse (p = 0.05).

Conclusion

In our pilot study, atopy, severe asthma, bronchial inflammation, NSAIDs hypersensitivity and high level of total IgE are possible useful prognostic factors for the proneness to relapse after FESS. The role of allergy in CRSwNP pathogenesis should consequently be given deeper consideration. Allergen specific immunotherapy, combined with anti-IgE therapy, may have an immunomodulatory effect preventing polyps relapse and need to be investigated.

Electronic supplementary material

The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12948-015-0026-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Detection of a novel stem cell probably involved in normal turnover of the lung airway epithelium

Regeneration of the lung airway epithelium after injury has been extensively studied. In contrast, analysis of its turnover in healthy adulthood has received little attention. In the classical view, this epithelium is maintained in the steady‐state by the infrequent proliferation of basal or Clara cells. The intermediate filament protein nestin was initially identified as a marker for neural stem cells, but its expression has also been detected in other stem cells. Lungs from CD1 mice at the age of 2, 6, 12, 18 or 24 months were fixed in neutral‐buffered formalin and paraffin‐embedded. Nestin expression was examined by an immunohistochemical peroxidase‐based method. Nestin‐positive cells were detected in perivascular areas and in connective tissue that were in close proximity of the airway epithelium. Also, nestin‐positive cells were found among the cells lining the airway epithelium. These findings suggest that nestin‐positive stem cells circulate in the bloodstream, transmigrate through blood vessels and localize in the lung airway epithelium to participate in its turnover. We previously reported the existence of similar cells able to differentiate into lung chondrocytes. Thus, the stem cell reported here might be a bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cell (BMDMSC) able to generate several types of lung tissues. In conclusion, our findings indicate that there exist a BMDMSC in healthy adulthood that participates in the turnover of the lung airway epithelium. These findings may improve our knowledge about the lung stem cell biology and also provide novel approaches to therapy for devastating pulmonary diseases.     

A Novel Phase of Li15Si4 Synthesized under Pressure

Li₁₅Si₄, the only crystalline phase that forms during lithiation of the Si anode in lithium‐ion batteries, is found to undergo a structural transition to a new phase at 7 GPa. Despite the large unit cell of Li₁₅Si₄ (152 atoms in the unit cell), ab initio evolutionary metadynamics (using the USPEX code) successfully predicts the atomic structure of this new phase (β‐Li₁₅Si₄), which has an orthorhombic structure with an Fdd2 space group. In the new β‐Li₁₅Si₄ phase Si atoms are isolated by Li atoms analogous to the original cubic phase (α‐Li₁₅Si₄), whereas the atomic packing is more efficient owing to the higher Si? Li coordination number and shorter Si? Li, Li? Li bonds. β‐Li₁₅Si₄ has substantially larger elastic moduli compared with α‐Li₁₅Si₄, and has a good electrical conductivity. As a result, β‐Li₁₅Si₄ has superior resistance to deformation and fracture under stress. The theoretical volume expansion of Si would decrease 25% if it transforms to β‐Li₁₅Si₄, instead of α‐Li₁₅Si₄, during lithiation. Moreover, β‐Li₁₅Si₄ can be recovered back to ambient pressure, providing opportunities to further investigate its properties and potential applications.