Analysis on breast X-ray of chronic schizophrenia and Iiterature review

Objective: To research the symptom of breast X-ray of chronic schizophrenia and the influence of its clinical features. Methods: Take 50 patients who have been under treatment in our hospital for over 5 years as sample of psychotic group and same number of healthy people as control group. Analyze their X-ray films, using statistics to deal with their lung area of both before and after 5 years. Evaluation Criteria of X-ray: (1) Double layer rise; (2)Single or double lung base subsegmental atelectasis; (3)Heart drown; (4)Heart turing with the heart apex extending to the left; (5)The double lung bottom have gathering stripes; (6)The upper layer have wider shadow. Results: The lung lobes of the patient group become smaller than they were 5 years ago. Data show great difference between two years (t=6.7099, P<0.01). The lung lobes of psychotic group become bigger than the control group in the first X-ray films (t=2.025, P<0.05), but smaller in the last X-ray films (t=5.512, P<0.01). Among them, 37 cases show double layer rise; 19 cases show single or double lung base subsegmental atelectasis; 24 cases show heart drown; 19 cases show heart turing and heart apex extending to the left; 37 cases show double lung bottom gathering stripes; 17 cases show wider shadow. Conclusion: Morphology and pathology changes of schizophrenia patients are related to the side effect of anti-schizophrenia medicine and endocrine disorders. (authors)