CASE 890: CAROTID BODY TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr NGÔ THỊ HUYỀN TRANG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A man with right neck mass for a long time.

 Ultrasound detected a # 28x33x42mm hypervascular mass at the right carotid bifurcation which made it spread out 2 branches of the right carotid.

MSCT confirmed a right carotid body tumor.

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CASE 889: LEFT COLON TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr NGUYỄN ĐỨC MINH, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 39 year-old man with bloody stool for 5 months and loss of weight.

Ultrasound detected left colon mass which had thickening wall # 11-17mm nearby the spleen and the left kidney.

Colonoscopy and MSCT confirmed the left colon tumor.

Result of biopsy was an adenocarcinoma of colon medium differentizided.

Endoscopy surgery removed the tumor and metastatic lymph nodes.