Fire acupuncture for anti-LGI1 antibody autoimmune encephalitis: a case report.

Autoimmune encephalitis, a class of encephalitis, is clinically characterized by multifocal or diffuse brain injury, including aberrant mental behavior, convulsions, and near-event memory impairment. In this article, we describe a female patient with autoimmune encephalitis who tested positive for leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) antibodies and had hippocampal inflammatory edema in the lesion area. During the first 3 months of her illness, the patient primarily experienced memory loss, the onset of rigid twitching in her extremities that lasted for 1 min while in remission, and incontinence. After gamma globulin administration, methylprednisolone shock, and other symptomatic therapies during hospitalization, the patient's psychiatric symptoms and seizures improved considerably; however, she did not fully recover her memory. After receiving fire acupuncture for 6 months, the patient's understanding, orientation, and calculation skills improved considerably. Her memory and mental state were also improved at the follow-up visit. In this case, the use of fire acupuncture for the treatment of autoimmune encephalitis resulted in favorable outcomes with important benefits for conditions affecting the central nervous system; however, more convincing data are required to support the effectiveness of this treatment method.

A three-dimensional cadmium(II) coordination polymer: poly[[[µ-4,4'-(propane-1,3-diyl)dipyridine-κ(2)N:N](µ-3,3'-thiodipropionato-κ(3)O,O':O)cadmium(II)] monohydrate].

In the title coordination polymer, {[Cd(C6H8O4S)(C13H14N2)]·H2O}n, the Cd(II) atom displays a distorted octahedral coordination, formed by three carboxylate O atoms and one S atom from three different 3,3'-thiodipropionate ligands, and two N atoms from two different 4,4'-(propane-1,3-diyl)dipyridine ligands. The Cd(II) centres are bridged through carboxylate O atoms of 3,3'-thiodipropionate ligands and through N atoms of 4,4'-(propane-1,3-diyl)dipyridine ligands to form two different one-dimensional chains, which intersect to form a two-dimensional layer. These two-dimensional layers are linked by S atoms of 3,3'-thiodipropionate ligands from adjacent layers to form a three-dimensional network.

[Analysis on effect of endoscopic nasal cavity surgery expansion in 108 cases].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of endoscopic nasal cavity enlarging surgery for the alleviation of nasal obstruction. METHODS: One hundred and eight patients with deviation of the nasal septum (DNS) and chronic hypertrophic rhinitis (CHR) were included in this study. Individualized operations were performed. DNS patients were treated by three line tension relaxing correction or nasal septum plasty. CHR patients were treated by inferior turbinate out fracture in combination with plasma radiofrequency ablation for reducing the volume of nasal soft tissue, sub-mucoperiosteal partial resection of the inferior turbinate or partial inferior turbinectomy. RESULTS: All patients were followed for 3-12 months after surgery with an effective improvement in 97.2%. Symptoms of headache or complications of rhinitis sicca were not found. CONCLUSIONS: Being careful to keep the physiological function of nasal mucosa, the integrity of the nasal septum, appropriate expansion of the nasal cavity volume, and restore ventilation with bilateral symmetry of the nasal cavity, satisfactory relief of nasal obstruction can be achieved.

µ-Aqua-κO:O-di-µ-4-methyl-benzoato-κO:O'-bis-[(4-methyl-benzoato-κO)(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')nickel(II)].

In the title dinuclear complex, [Ni(2)(C(8)H(7)O(2))(4)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)], each Ni(II) atom is six-coordinated by three carboxylate O atoms from three 4-methyl-benzoate ligands, two N atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands, and one µ(2)-bridging aqua ligand. The dimeric complex is located on a crystallographic twofold axis and each Ni atom displays a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. The crystal structure is stabilized via intra-molecular hydrogen bonding of the bridging water mol-ecule and the uncoordinated carboxyl-ate O atoms, and by C-H⋯O and π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances between neighbouring phenanthroline ring systems and between the benzene ring of a 4-methyl-benzoate unit and a phenanthroline ring system are 3.662 (2) and 3.611 (3) Å, respectively].