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Tuesday, 12 March 2019

CASE 541: RIB TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr HO CHI TRUNG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.


Woman 45 yo  with pain at left thorax.   
Chest X-rays detected one mass at left  lower lung.




Ultrasound detected this mass from thorax wall.  US 1 :  solid mass  hypovascular.



US 2:  crossed section of this mass is round border freely with pleural space.



US 3 : longitudinal scan of this tumor is  hypovascular.



MSCT with CE of thorax,  this tumos is from 9th  rib, size 9cmx5 cm   ( CT 1  cross section,  C T 2   sagittal  section,   CT 3  3 D  view).




Biopsy of this mass is cavernous hemangioma.  
Operation for resection this tumor is done.
See tumor specimen.



Microscopic report is metastasis from thyroid cancer.

Review MSCT total body of this patient we see the thyroid tumor and liver focal which suspected metastasis from thyroid cancer.









Notes: This case is one of 18 thyroid cancer cases  and one of 4 cases bone metastasis published on VUD.

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