CASE 366 : LUNG HEPATIZATION, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Man 60 yo, cough, dypsnea.

Chest X-rays:(picture: very  bright left lung).

 

Ultrasound  scanning position on the back (photo)

U S 1:  scanning of the upper  portion of  left  lung, air  inside solid mass.

U S 2: lower portion of the mass=  echostructure  looked like structure of liver.

U S 3: vascularity of this mass.

U S 4 :small mass arround in  lobar bronche  is  consolidation of the lung, no pleural effusion.

CT 1  scanning  with  CE  detected  the mass  in left upper lobar bronche enhanced with CE.

Conclusion: Lung  consolidation on ultrasound  looked like  liver (hepatization of the lung)