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Monday 15 February 2016

CASE 364: LUNG LOOKED LIKE LIVER, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM



Woman 62 yo, cough and dyspnea, weakness of left side of  her body  2 weeks ago.
Chest XRay  first.( see pleural effusion  at right lung).


Ultrasound of  thorax:
US1=liver normal with mass  at  lower portion of right lung


US 2=liver and right lung  looked like liver structure (hepatization).


US 3= scan at right thorax: pleural effusion and lung solid mass.


US 4=  with 10MHz linear probe  looking of visceral layer of pleural membrane having  irregular nodular mass.


US 5 =  this lung mass is hard  like liver.


US 6= very low vascular supplying.


CT scan of lung  non CE.: CT1=cross section,  CT2 = frontal view,  CT 3= many nodular  metastasis at right and left lung.





CT4=  brain scan with suggestion of metastasis at right brain..
Punction of pleural space removing yellow fluid ( foto).


Analysis of fluid = ADA  very low, ruling out lung tuberculosis.

Do you  thing this case  is lung cancer metastasis to the brain? 

REFERENCE:
Ultrasound detection of Lung Hepatization

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