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Tuesday 1 March 2016

CASE 366 : LUNG HEPATIZATION, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM



Man 60 yo, cough, dypsnea.
Chest X-rays:(picture: very  bright left lung).
 


Ultrasound  scanning position on the back (photo)
U S 1:  scanning of the upper  portion of  left  lung, air  inside solid mass.


U S 2: lower portion of the mass=  echostructure  looked like structure of liver.


U S 3: vascularity of this mass.


U S 4 :small mass arround in  lobar bronche  is  consolidation of the lung, no pleural effusion.


CT 1  scanning  with  CE  detected  the mass  in left upper lobar bronche enhanced with CE.


Conclusion: Lung  consolidation on ultrasound  looked like  liver (hepatization of the lung)


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