| 1 | Giant hepatic extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant systemic therapy:A case report and review of literature显示文摘BACKGROUND Primary extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors(E-GIST)of the liver are rare.The clinical presentation may range from asymptomatic to bleeding or manifestations of mass effect.Oncologic surgery followed by adjuvant therapy with imatinib is the standard of care.However,under specific circumstances,a cytoreductive approach may represent a therapeutic option.We describe herein the case of an 84-year-old woman who presented with a tender,protruding epigastric mass.Abdominal computed tomography scan revealed a large,heterogeneous mass located across segments III,IV,V,and VIII of the liver.The initial approach was transarterial embolization of the tumor,which elicited no appreciable response.Considering the large size and central location of the tumor and the advanced age of the patient,non-anatomic complete resection was indicated.Due to substantial intraoperative bleeding and hemodynamic instability,only a near-complete resection could be achieved.Histopathology and immunohistochemical staining confirmed the diagnosis of primary E-GIST of the liver.Considering the risk/benefit ratio for therapeutic options,debulking surgery may represent a strategy to control pain and prolong survival.CASE SUMMARY Here,we present a case report of a patient diagnosed with E-GIST primary of the liver,which was indicated a cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant therapy with imatinib.CONCLUSION E-GIST primary of the liver is a rare conditional,the treatment is with systemic therapy and total resection surgery.However,a cytoreductive surgery will be necessary when a complete resection is no possible. | Michel Ribeiro Fernandes Caroline Lorenzoni Almeida Ghezzi Tomaz J M Grezzana-Filho Flávia Heinz Feier Ian Leipnitz Aljamir Duarte Chedid Carlos Thadeu Schmidt Cerski Marcio Fernandes Chedid Cléber RositoPinto Kruel | 2021 | World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery2021,13,3: | 3 |
| 8 | Clinical high-risk criteria of psychosis in 8–17-year-old community subjects and inpatients not suspected of developing psychosis显示文摘BACKGROUND In children and adolescents compared to adults,clinical high-risk of psychosis(CHR)criteria and symptoms are more prevalent but less psychosis-predictive and less clinically relevant.Based on high rates of non-converters to psychosis,especially in children and adolescents,it was suggested that CHR criteria were:(1)Pluripotential;(2)A transdiagnostic risk factor;and(3)Simply a severity marker of mental disorders rather than specifically psychosis-predictive.If any of these three alternative explanatory models were true,their prevalence should differ between persons with and without mental disorders,and their severity should be associated with functional impairment as a measure of severity.AIM To compare the prevalence and severity of CHR criteria/symptoms in children and adolescents of the community and inpatients.METHODS In the mainly cross-sectional examinations,8–17-year-old community subjects(n=233)randomly chosen from the population register of the Swiss Canton Bern,and inpatients(n=306)with primary diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(n=86),eating disorder(n=97),anxiety including obsessive–compulsive disorder(n=94),or autism spectrum disorder(n=29),not clinically suspected to develop psychosis,were examined for CHR symptoms/criteria.Positive items of the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes(SIPS)were used to assess the symptomatic ultra-high-risk criteria,and the Schizophrenia Proneness Instrument,Child and Youth version(SPI-CY)was used to assess the 14 basic symptoms relevant to basic symptom criteria.We examined group differences in frequency and severity of CHR symptoms/criteria usingχ^(2) tests and nonparametric tests with Cramer’s V and Rosenthal’s r as effect sizes,and their association with functioning using correlation analyses.RESULTS The 7.3%prevalence rate of CHR criteria in community subjects did not differ significantly from the 9.5%rate in inpatients.Frequency and severity of CHR criteria never differed between the community and the four inpatient groups,while the frequency and severity of CHR symptoms differed only minimally.Group differences were found in only four CHR symptoms:suspiciousness/persecutory ideas of the SIPS[χ2(4)=9.425;P=0.051,Cramer’s V=0.132;and Z=-4.281,P<0.001;Rosenthal’s r=0.184],and thought pressure[χ^(2)(4)=11.019;P=0.026,Cramer’s V=0.143;and Z=-2.639,P=0.008;Rosenthal’s r=0.114],derealization[χ2(4)=32.380;P<0.001,Cramer’s V=0.245;and Z=-3.924,P<0.001;Rosenthal’s r=0.169]and visual perception disturbances[χ^(2)(4)=10.652;P=0.031,Cramer’s V=0.141;and Z=-2.822,P=0.005;Rosenthal’s r=0.122]of the SPI-CY.These were consistent with a transdiagnostic risk factor or dimension,i.e.,displayed higher frequency and severity in inpatients,in particular in those with eating,anxiety/obsessive–compulsive and autism spectrum disorders.Low functioning,however,was at most weakly related to the severity of CHR criteria/symptoms,with the highest correlation yielded for suspiciousness/persecutory ideas(Kendall’s tau=-0.172,P<0.001).CONCLUSION The lack of systematic differences between inpatients and community subjects does not support suggestions that CHR criteria/symptoms are pluripotential or transdiagnostic syndromes,or merely markers of symptom severity. | Frauke Schultze-Lutter Petra Walger Maurizia Franscini Nina Traber-Walker Naweed Osman Helene Walger Benno G Schimmelmann Rahel Flückiger Chantal Michel | 2022 | World Journal of Psychiatry2022,12,3: | 0 |