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Wednesday 22 August 2018

CASE 509: PANCREAS TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr NGO VIET THI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.



Woman  25 yo with history of  epigastric pain and  jaundice slowly for one month.
Ultrasound of liver:   big liver  with dilatation of the biliary system.  
US 1=  CBD  is in dilatation  # 2cm.


US 2 =  tumor from the head of pancreas and in extension to CBD.


US 3 =  head of pancreas tumor.



Ultrasound makes diagnostic that  pancreas head tumor moves to CBD.

MSCT  with CE  diagnoses again  pancreas head tumor.
CT 1 :  tumor looks like cystic pattern.


CT 2 : contrast enhancement in delay phase due to intratumoral bleeding.


CT 3 : vascular supply for this tumor.


CT  report by radiologist is pancreas tumor in invasion to CBD.  

Blood tests  =   CA19-9 = 4.96;  CEA= 0.56;   AFP=  0.3  
Summary of this case =  Young woman 25 yo has got  tumor of head pancreas in invasion to CBD.
Operation of Whipple is done.

MICROSCOPIC REPORT IT IS  SOLID PSEUDO PAPILLARY TUMOR  IT IS BENIGN  TUMOR OF PANCREAS 
 KNOWN AS   FRANKZ TUMOR.


COMMENT :  IN THIS CASE,  BLOOD TESTS CEA AND CA19-9 ARE NORMAL, THAT ARE  SAME IN REPORT  IN  REFERENCE CASE REPORT  BY WJG   2005.

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