Immunotoxicity and Anti-Inflammatory Characterizations of Prenylated Flavonoids-The Lipophilic 7--Terpenylated Wogonin.

Wogonin, one of the exceptional bioactive flavonoids found abundant in the roots of Huang-Qin ( Georgi), is a popular health-preserving Chinese medicine. The therapeutic applications can be expanded by improving its bioavailability. The 7--terpenylated wogonin consisting one to three prenyl units are chemically synthesized for increasing lipophilic nature for efficient uptake, and also an attempt in mimicry of naturally scarce terpenylated flavonoids found in limited plant families and bee propolis.

Restenotic hepaticojejunostomy secondary to laparoscopic cholecistectomy bile duct injury treated with self- modified Gianturco-Rosh stents.

Background/aims: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered as a standard procedure for symptomatic gallstones. However, the incidence of iatrogenic bile duct injury is higher that the conventional cholecystectomy. In the present study was analyzed the results in 6 patients with iatrogenic bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy with restenotic hepaticojejunostomy treated with self-modified Gianturco-Rosch stents.

Retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by enoxaparin-induced spontaneous lumbar artery bleeding and treated by transcatheter arterial embolization: a case report.

Lumbar artery bleeding with retroperitoneal hematoma is an uncommon life-threatening complication secondary to enoxaparin use. We present a case of 73-year-old Chinese woman with acute retroperitoneal hemorrhage one month following hip surgery, due to enoxaparine. Enoxaparin induced hemorrhage caused by spontaneous rupture of lumbar artery was suspected and treated successfully by transcatheter arterial embolization.

Renal carcinosarcoma: case report and review of literature.

Carcinosarcoma is a malignancy that occurs very rarely in the renal pelvis, and only a very limited number of cases has been documented. These tumors are composed of both malignant mesenchymal and epithelial elements. Unlike the cases described so far, this carcinosarcoma of the renal pelvis was characterized by quick recurrence, following complete surgical resection.

Paraneoplastic polymyositis associated with crescentic glomerulonephritis.

A female concurrently developed polymyositis (PM), lung cancer, and nephrotic range proteinuria. Renal biopsy revealed crescentic glomerulonephritis. Pathology of lung cancer was proved to be adenocarcinoma.

Transcatheter arterial coil embolization of iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms after hepatobiliary and pancreatic interventions.

Background/aims: Visceral and renal arteries pseudoaneurysms are uncommon but potentially lethal complications of hepatic and pancreatobiliary interventions. To evaluate the clinical outcome of transcatheter arterial coils embolotherapy, we reviewed our institution's experience with the management for bleeding pseudoaneurysms.

Methodology: From January 1988 through December 2004, 20 patients were encountered who developed massive bleeding from pseudoaneurysms following hepatobiliary and pancreatic interventions.

Clinical analysis of necrotizing pneumonia in children: three-year experience in a single medical center.

Necrotizing pneumonia (NP) is a rare but complex complication of lobar pneumonia in children. It is characterized by massive necrosis and liquification of lung tissues by the presence of multiple cavities rather than a solitary one. To evaluate the clinical features of NP, we enrolled 17 patients at Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital (Kaohsiung) from November 1999 to December 2002.