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Sunday, 15 September 2013

CASE 209: A LUNG MASS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Man 59yo in check-up lung x-ray detected a mass at left lung, asymptomatic, no history tuberculosis, non smocking patient.





Ultrasound of the lung showed that was a cystic avascular with well bordered mass, size of 4 cm.





MSCT CE said that cystic mass bilobar looked like a bronchogenic cyst.



Operation via endoscopic thoracotomy, and punction of this mass leaking out the milky fluid. Resection this tumor with macrospecimen picture.
Wait for pathology report, but the surgery report said it looked like a caseum cyst of tuberculosis.

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