Amentoflavone Induces Cell-cycle Arrest, Apoptosis, and Invasion Inhibition in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Cells.

Background/aim: Amentoflavone, an effective compound derived from medicinal plants, has been shown to boost therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, anti-NSCLC effect of amentoflavone is ambiguous. The major purpose of the present study was to verify the inhibitory effects of amentoflavone in NSCLC cells.

Epidural cyst with cauda equina syndrome after epidural anesthesia.

A 40-year-old woman without remarkable medical history received epidural anesthesia for uterine cervix conization. Six hours after the operation, cauda equina syndrome occurred. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine revealed epidural fluid accumulation around L5, as well as L4/5 herniated intervertebral disc found incidentally.

Cerebral arteriovenous malformation diagnosed during labor induction with headache and convulsions as presentations--a case report.

The occurrence of complications of intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) during labor induction is relatively uncommon. Intracranial AVM can cause convulsions, headache, focal neurological deficits and intracranial hemorrhage if ruptures. We present a 33-year-old parturient with history of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, who was admitted for labor induction.