VIETNAMESE MEDIC ULTRASOUND
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Wednesday, 11 December 2024
CASE 800: SMALL BREAST CANCER INCIDENTALLY DETECTION, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr JASMINE THANH XUAN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM
Saturday, 30 November 2024
CASE 799: ENDOCRINOLOGICAL PANCREAS TUMOR METASTASIZED LIVER, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr VÕ NGUYỄN THỤC QUYÊN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, VIETNAM.
A 65 year-old man with anorexia, epigastric pain and weight loss # 2kilogram for one month but without nausea nor jaundice.
Abdomen ultrasound detected some metastase nodes in the liver that may come from the tail of the pancreas tumor.
A hypoechoic mass with peripheric Doppler signals at the spleen hilus # 35x29mm was revealed through the spleen window at the LUQ that leads to think about a pancreatic tail tumor.
Lab data was not any interesting clue for diagnosis.
MSCT confirmed a #30x40mm pancreas tumor of the pancreatic tail which captured CE irregularly, hypodensity lower than pancreatic tisue and metastase liver nodes #10-45mm.
Thursday, 28 November 2024
CASE 798: GASTRIC GIST, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr LÊ ĐÌNH TÍN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.
A 42 year-old man with gastric pain and iron deficiency anemia management.
Ultrasound of abdomen detected a # 6x3x3,8 cm tumoral necrotic mass at lesser curvature of the stomach.
But GI endoscopy result was only gastritis.
MSCT performed and represented a # 3X5x6 cm gastric GIST.
Gastric endoscopy in the second exam concluded a submucosal tumor.
and anapath and immunohistostaining results were gastric GIST with high index of cellular division.
Thursday, 21 November 2024
CASE 797: PELVIC ABSCESS and DIVERTICULITIS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr PHAN NGUYỄN THIỆN CHÂU, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.
A 54 year-old diabetic woman with left lower quadrand pain for one year. About one week before entering Medic Center, she got fever, cold and shivering and LLQ pain more and increasing CRP.
Abdominal ultrasound detected one left pelvic #46x56x64mm septated mass beside the sigmoid colon cannot ruling out an ovarian tumor.
MSCT confirmed a pelvic abscess with a high density foreign body inside # 2 mm.
Endoscopic surgery revealed an abscess due to colonobladder fistula. Then an open surgery performed to remove the pelvic abscess which was from an inflammed diverticulum and penetrated the urinary bladder, and to create an artificial anus at the LLQ and cystostomy. The foreign body could not find out.
Post-op the patient was getting better but still in urinary infection.
Saturday, 16 November 2024
CASE 796: INTRARENAL AVM, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr LÊ VĂN TÀI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.
A 47 year-old woman with lumbago for 7 months but without hematuria. She doubted that may due to practice belly twirling.
Ultrasound detected incidentally an upper pole renal cystic lesion # 13x23mm in B mode with aliasing sign on Doppler ultrasound. RI = 0.3-0.5 and V= 130-230 cm/sec. It maybe an intrarenal AVM.
MSCT confirmed an intrarenal AVM that created an intrarenal aneurysm and managed stenting successfully the AVM.
Doppler ultrasound could differentialize an intrarenal aneurysm from a renal cystic lesion while B mode ultrasound could not to do.
Friday, 15 November 2024
CASE 794-795: PHYLLODES TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr TRƯƠNG THỊ NGỌC TIẾN , MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.
Case 1:
A 52 year-old woman with left breast tumor and bloody stool. Her past history noted an ovarian cancer for 3 years.
Ultrasound detected a pelvic mass and metastase liver nodes. Left breast noted 2 tumoral masses classified BI-RADS 5 with axillary lymph nodes.
In pelvis ultrasound revealed a left mass maybe a recurrent left ovarian tumor which metastasized her liver.
MSCT confirmed 18-35 mm left breast tumors and left pelvic tumor which invaded the sigmoid colon and metastase liver nodes.
Core biopsy of the left breast tumors was malignant phyllodes.
Left breast mastectomy was done and managed the recurrent left ovarian tumor with metastases in Cho ray hospital.
Post-op result of the left breast tumor was malignant phyllodes non invaded the skin and the nipple.
Case 2:
A 31 year-old woman PARA 1001 with left breast tumor growing bigger rapidly for one year after cessation of breastfeeding her 14 month child. Her history noted small left breast tumor since 2022.
Ultrasound detected a BI-RADS 4a multinodular breast tumor.
Mammography noted a left phyllodes in full of the left breast volume.
Core biopsy result was a benign fibroadenoma of the left breast.
Surgery removed the left breast tumor. The specimen result was a benign phyllodes.