TBSS analysis of white matter fasciculus in chronic insomnia and the relationship with sleep quality and cognitive function.

Eighty patients with chronic insomnia and 50 normal controls were selected. Evaluation scales included Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating Depression Scale, Ruminative Responses Scale and Social Disability Screening Schedule. All patients and controls underwent whole-brain DTI scanning and Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) analysis was performed.

Extensive small intestinal diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

A 32-year-old man was referred to us for further therapy of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. He had suffered from abdominal pain due to perforation of small intestine 1 month ago and had received partial small bowel resection. Pathological examination of tissue obtained by means of partial small bowel resection indicated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Curved plannar reconstruction with maximum intensity projection in lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

A 51-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a history of hematochezia for the previous 16 hours. Abdominal computed tomography with contrast enhancement showed only slight punctate and linear high density in the ascending colon. Colonic curved plannar reconstruction with maximum intensity projection showed an accumulation of remarkable high-density material in the ascending colon.