Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a unique subtype of chronic pancreatitis, which shares many clinical presentations with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). The misdiagnosis of AIP often leads to unnecessary pancreatic resection. 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/ computed tomography (PET/CT) could provide comprehensive information on the morphology, density, and functional metabolism of the pancreas at the same time. It has been proved to be a promising modality for noninvasive differentiation between AIP and PDA. However, there is a lack of clinical analysis of PET/CT image texture features. Difficulty still remains in differentiating AIP and PDA based on commonly used diagnostic methods. Therefore, this paper studied the differentiation of AIP and PDA based on multi-modality texture features. We utilized multiple feature extraction algorithms to extract the texture features from CT and PET images at first. Then, the Fisher criterion and sequence forward floating selection algorithm (SFFS) combined with support vector machine (SVM) was employed to select the optimal multi-modality feature subset. Finally, the SVM classifier was used to differentiate AIP from PDA. The results prove that texture analysis of lesions helps to achieve accurate differentiation of AIP and PDA.
ObjectiveTo learn the distribution pattern and characteristics of autoimmune pancreatitis research literature, and its worldwide research trend.
MethodsPublished data between September 22, 2004 and September 21, 2014 were searched by using the keyword autoimmune pancreatitis in the database of Pubmed. Publication year, journals, authors and research topics were bibliometrically analyzed. The analysis software Bibliographic Item Co-occurrence Matrix Builder was used for cluster analysis on high-frequency keywords.
ResultsA total of 1 518 articles on autoimmune pancreatitis were acquired. The amount of published literature rose rapidly in the past 10 years, reaching its peak in the year of 2012. Most of the articles were published by several leading authors in the leading journals. There were 26 keywords with a frequency of more than 30 times, and 4 categories were classified through cluster analysis of these keywords. They were pathology and immunology, imaging, diagnosis and treatment.
ConclusionsAttention on autoimmune pancreatitis has been increasing in the recent 10 years. Japanese researchers have been taking the lead. Current research focus is the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the middle- and long-term effectiveness of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) in patients with chronic autoimmune inflammatory diseases. MethodsBetween January 1990 and June 2006, 42 patients (51 hips) with chronic autoimmune inflammatory diseases underwent THA. There were 15 males (18 hips) and 27 females (33 hips) with an average age of 36.9 years (range, 22-70 years). The locations were the left side in 29 hips and the right side in 22 hips. Of 42 cases, there were 11 cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (13 hips), 16 cases of rheumatoid arthritis (22 hips), and 15 cases of ankylosing spondylitis (16 hips). The causes of THA included avascular necrosis of the femoral head in 26 cases (34 hips), ankylosis of the hip in 15 cases (16 hips), and fracture of the femoral neck in 1 case (1 hip). The Harris score was 32.49 ± 9.50. The physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) of short form 36 health survey scale (SF-36) scores were 25.53 ± 4.46 and 42.28 ± 6.27, respectively. ResultsAll incisions healed primarily. All 42 patients were followed up 5-21 years (mean, 9.1 years). At last follow-up, the Harris score was 89.25 ± 8.47; PCS and MCS of the SF-36 were 51.35 ± 4.28 and 55.29 ± 8.31, respectively; and significant differences in the scores were found between pre- and post-operation (P lt; 0.05). Complications included limp (4 cases), prosthesis dislocation (2 cases, 2 hips), periprosthetic fracture (1 case, 1 hip), aseptic loosening (2 cases, 2 hips), and ectopic ossification (3 cases, 3 hips). ConclusionTHA seems to be a good choice for patients with chronic autoimmune inflammatory diseases.
【摘要】 目的 分析合并免疫指標異常的視神經脊髓炎臨床特點。 方法 回顧性分析2009年5月-2010年11月收治的62例視神經脊髓炎患者中24例合并免疫指標異常患者的臨床資料。24例均為女性，發病年齡14~53歲。對其臨床表現、視覺誘發電位、影像學檢查結果、免疫檢查結果進行分析。 結果 所有患者均有脊髓和視神經同時或先后受累的表現。24例視覺誘發電位檢查23例異常。脊髓MRI顯示病變集中于頸段、上胸段脊髓。頸段和胸段脊髓同時受累17例，單純頸段脊髓受損6例，單純胸段脊髓受損1例。所有患者抗核抗體滴度均≥1∶100，合并抗SSA抗體陽性14例（55.5％），同時合并抗SSB抗體陽性11例（45.8％），合并抗Rib抗體陽性1例，合并抗SCL-70抗體陽性1例，合并抗dsDNA抗體1例。 結論 視神經脊髓炎合并免疫指標異常的患者以女性較為多見，易復發，青壯年患者發病率最高。脊髓MRI示病變集中于頸段、上胸段脊髓，表現為長節段脊髓損害。視神經脊髓炎患者合并結締組織病的病例較多。【Abstract】 Objective To analyze the clinical features of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) combined with abnormal immune parameters. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of 24 patients with NMO and abnormal immune parameters among the 62 NMO patients who were admitted into our department between May 2009 and November 2010. All patients were female, aged from 14 to 53 years. We analyzed their clinical manifestations, visual evoked potentials, imaging results, and immunological examinations. Results All patients had simultaneous or successive spinal cord and optic nerve involvement. Twenty-three patients had abnormal visual evoked potential. MRI showed that the lesions focused on the cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord. Both cervical and thoracic spinal cord were involved in 17 cases; there were 6 cases of simple cervical spinal cord injury and 1 case of simple thoracic spinal cord damage. Antinuclear antibody titer of all the patients was ≥1∶100. Combined positive anti-SSA antibody occurred in 14 patients (55.5%); Concomitant positive anti-SSB antibodies occurred in 11 patients (45.8%); Combined positive anti-Rib antibodies occurred in 1 patient; Combined positive anti-SCL-70 antibody occurred in 1 patient; and combined positive anti-dsDNA antibodies occurred in 1 patient. Conclusions NMO combined with abnormal immune parameters mainly occurs in female patients, especially in young people. Recurrence rate is high. MRI shows that the lesions focus mainly on the cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord, manifesting the characteristic of long segment damage. And NMO is frequently combined with connective tissue disease.
Patients with autoimmune encephalitis are mainly characterized by behavioral, mental and motor abnormalities, neurological dysfunction, memory deficits and seizures. Different antibody types of autoimmune encephalitis its pathogenesis, clinical characteristics are different, in recent years found immune related epilepsy is closely related to autoimmune encephalitis, based on autoimmune encephalitis type is more, we choose more common autoimmune encephalitis, expounds its characteristics, to help clinical diagnosis.
ObjectiveTo analyze the risk factors for seizures in patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and to assess their predictive value for seizures. MethodsSeventy-four patients with AE from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from January 2016 to March 2023 were collected and divided into seizure group (56 cases) and non-seizure group (18 cases), comparing the general clinical information, laboratory tests and imaging examinations and other related data of the two groups. The risk factors for seizures in AE patients were analyzed by multifactorial logistic regression, and their predictive value was assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. ResultsThe seizure group had a higher proportion of acute onset conditions in the underlying demographics compared with the non-seizure group (P<0.05). Laboratory data showed statistically significant differences in neutrophil count, calcitoninogen, lactate dehydrogenase, C-reactive protein, homocysteine, and interleukin-6 compared between the two groups (all P<0.05). Multi-factor logistic regression analysis of the above differential indicators showed that increased C-reactive protein [Odds ratio (OR)=4.621, 95% CI (1.123, 19.011), P=0.034], high homocysteine [OR=12.309, 95CI (2.217, 68.340), P=0.004] and onset of disease [OR=4.918, 95% CI (1.254, 19.228), P=0.022] were risk factors for seizures in AE patients, and the area under the ROC curve for the combination of the three indicators to predict seizures in AE patients was 0.856 [95% CI (0.746, 0.966)], with a sensitivity of 73.2% and a specificity of 83.3%. ConclusionHigh C-reactive protein, high homocysteine and acute onset are independent risk factors for seizures in patients with AE, and the combination of the three indices can better predict seizure status in patients.
