The acts of opening and closing the eyes are of importance for congenital blindness: Evidence from resting-state fMRI.

Volitional eye closure is observed only in conscious and awake humans, and is rare in animals. It is believed that eye closure can focus one's attention inward and facilitate activities such as meditation and mental imagery. Congenital blind individuals are also required to close their eyes for these activities.

Intracardiac leiomyomatosis: a comprehensive analysis of 194 cases.

Intracardiac leiomyomatosis is rare but has been increasingly reported in recent years. Owing to its rarity, intracardiac leiomyomatosis has been reported only as isolated case reports and case series. This disorder is thought to be underestimated and easily overlooked in the clinic, while it is dangerous owing to the risk of sudden death caused by total outflow tract obstruction.

One-stage complete removal of intracardiac leiomyomatosis without cardiac arrest.

We present here a woman with an intracardiac leiomyoma originating from uterine leiomyomatosis. The tumor was completely removed in a one-stage procedure using cardiopulmonary bypass without cardiac arrest. Most one-stage operations were performed with total circulation arrest; however, using of on-pump beating-heart technique when removing the intracardiac mass has seldom been reported in detail.

Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.

Background: Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in lung is very rare, and the most common among them is mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALToma), whose clinical features and laboratory characteristics are poorly defined, making diagnosis difficult. The purpose of this study was to study the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary MALToma.

Methods: The clinical data of 12 patients treated for MALToma between August 1992 and December 2005 were analyzed.

[Diagnosis and treatment of primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma].

Objective: To study the diagnosis and treatment for primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.

Methods: The clinical data of 12 patients with primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma from August 1992 to May 2005 were analyzed.

Results: All the patients survived during the follow-up periods of 6 to 164 months (mean 70.