Inorganic-organic magnetic nanocomposites for use in preventive medicine: a rapid and reliable elimination system for cesium.

Purpose: To investigate the potential use of Prussian blue-coated magnetic nanoparticles, termed "Prussian blueberry", to bring about the magnetic elimination of cesium.

Methods: Prussian blueberry were prepared by a layer-by-layer assembly method. The morphology, structure and physical properties of the Prussian blueberry were investigated as was their ability to magnetically eliminate cesium.

[Two cases of anomalous systemic arterial supply to the basal segments of bilateral lungs].

We encountered two cases of systemic arterial supply to the basal segments of bilateral lung with elevated serum CEA levels. The patients were a 36-year-old man and a 30-year-old man with the abnormal chest shadows, discovered during physical checkups. A chest computed tomogram (CT) of the 36-year-old patient showed reticulonodular shadows in the bilateral lower lobe with anomalous vessels arising from the descending aorta and running into the lower lobe on each side, and his abdominal CT revealed a duplicated vena cava inferior.