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BACKGROUND: Because few studies have focused on the correlation between computed tomography (CT) signs and tumor grade in pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP), we evaluated predictive value of abdominal enhanced CT in identifying high- vs. low-grade cases. METHODS: In all, 75 patients diagnosed with PMP after surgery were consecutively recruited. The preoperative enhanced CT images were retrospectively analyzed for ascites, hepatic scalloping, omental and peritoneal lesion appearance, intralesional calcification and septa, and peripheral organ involvement. Logistic regression models were applied to analyze the relationship of CT signs with PMP grade. Receiver operating characteristic curves were generated to evaluate the potential utility of CT signs in detecting high-grade PMP. RESULTS: Massive ascites (P=0.017) and peritoneal solid nodules (P

The effect of solvent on the solubility of sulfachloropyridazine was studied by making a correlation between the solubility values and solvent’s descriptors for solvent–solute and solvent–solvent interactions with the help of linear solvation energy relationships concept. From analysis of the molecular structure of sulfachloropyridazine, the variation of solubility was well explained in terms of the change in hydrogen bond basicity of mixtures when the mole fraction of methanol (or ethanol or isopropanol) increased in all aqueous binary solvent mixtures. The preferential solvation analysis of sulfachloropyridazine in the three aqueous co-solvent solutions of isopropanol, ethanol and methanol was carried out from solubility values through the method of inverse Kirkwood–Buff integrals. In water-rich compositions of the aqueous co-solvent solutions, the δx1,3 values are negative, indicating that the sulfachloropyridazine was solvated preferentially by the solvent water. In intermediate and alcohol-rich compositions, sulfachloropyridazine was preferentially solvated by the isopropanol, ethanol or methanol. The magnitude of preferential solvation of sulfachloropyridazine is greater in isopropanol solutions than in the other two co-solvent solutions. Analysis results of the KAT-LSER and IKBI methods indicate that the solute mainly acts as a Lewis acid through its –NH2 and > NH functionalities. In addition, the enthalpy, Gibbs energy and entropy of transfer were obtained, which demonstrated that the solubilization ability was more favorable in intermediate composition of the alcohols.

The solid–liquid phase equilibria for the ternary system 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline + 2-methyl-6-nitroaniline + ethyl acetate was determined experimentally by the method of isothermal solution saturation at temperatures of (293.15, 303.15 and 313.15) K under the pressure of 101.2 kPa. Based on the obtained solubility data, the isothermal phase diagrams of the system were constructed. At each temperature, there are two pure solid phases formed, which correspond to pure 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline and pure 2-methyl-6-nitroaniline, which was confirmed by Schreinemakers’ wet residue method and X-ray powder diffraction. The crystallization regions of pure 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline and pure 2-methyl-6-nitroaniline increased with decreasing temperature. The crystalline region of 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline was larger than that of 2-methyl-6-nitroaniline at a fixed temperature. The solubility data were correlated with the NRTL and Wilson models. The values of the root-mean-square deviations are 5.01 × 10−3 for the NRTL model, and 6.43 × 10−3 for the Wilson model. The solid–liquid equilibria, phase diagrams and the thermodynamic models for the ternary system can provide the foundation for separating 2-methyl-6-nitroaniline or 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline from its mixtures.