Chondrolipoma of the stomach.

Chondrolipoma, a rare variant of a lipoma, is a benign mesenchymal neoplasm characterised by mature adipocytes with neoplastic hyaline cartilage formation. We describe the first case of a gastric chondrolipoma. The tumour was completely excised via laparoscopic gastric wedge resection with uneventful postoperative recovery.

A cross-sectional study of the clinical characteristics of hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia in eight eastern cities in China.

Background: Community-acquired pneumonia in children is common in China. To understand current clinical characteristics and practice, we conducted a cross-sectional study to analyze quality of care on childhood pneumonia in eight eastern cities in China.

Methods: Consecutive hospital records between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010 were collected from 13 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western medicine (WM) hospitals in February, May, August, and November (25 cases per season, 100 cases over the year), respectively.

[Treadmill exercise test in patients with coronary artery myocardial bridging].

Objective: To observe treadmill exercise test (TET) characteristics in patients with myocardial bridging (MB).

Methods: TET results from January 2003 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed in 156 patients with confirmed MB diagnosis. MB patients were divided into smoking group (68 cases) and non-smoking group (88 cases).

[Effect of danshao granule on serum superoxide dismutase activity and malonyldialdehyde content in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis].

Objective: To explore the effect and mechanism of Danshao Granule (DSG) in treating Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) in children.

Methods: The 63 patients with HSPN were randomly divided into two groups. The 32 patients in the treated group were treated with DSG and the 31 patients in the control group were treated with Tripterygium polyglycosides tablet and composite Salviae tablet.