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Thursday 30 March 2017

CASE 425: FRONTAL BONE TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM


Woman 21 yo with headache, blurred vision and protrusion of frontal area of face  (see photo) for 3 months.


Ultrasound of  frontal area  and eyes detected  hypoechoic  and hypervascular mass which made destruction the frontal bone, but the  orbit  remains intact, while periorbital part was infiltrated by a  hypoechoic structure ( US 1, US 2, US 3).




MRI of the brain and cervical column revealed no intracerebral tumor and the cervical  bone changing structure but not destruction. There is erosion of frontal bone  with mass  under skin of the frontal area.  





Blood test showed very high beta 2 microglobulin.



Suggestion for this case is multiple lymphoma with infiltrating of frontal area.

Reference of a case on  large B-cell lymphoma of the Frontal Bone.

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